7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Barnett.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Barnett Anchor | green | “in the face of exhaustive instructions pertaining to the lesser included offenses of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter” | 4 |
| 2 | People v. Lacefield | green | “force 'an all-or-nothing choice between conviction of the stated offense on the one hand, or complete acquittal on the other.” | 3 |
| 3 | People v. Lacefield | green | “forced into'an all-or-nothing choice between conviction of the stated offense on the one hand, or complete acquittal on the other.” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Hamlin | green | “the jury, or the judge if a jury trial is waived, may find the defendant guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged, or of an attempt to commit the offense.” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Hughes | green | “substantial risk of actually misleading the jury” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Atkins | green | “attempted rape, a specific intent crime, is a lesser included offense of rape, a general intent crime” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. Vanderbilt | green | “every substantive criminal offense necessarily includes the attempt to commit it” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.