4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 126 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 Lovill v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovill v. State Anchor | green | “a complaint will not be preserved if the legal basis of the complaint raised on appeal varies from the complaint made at trial.” | 64 |
| 2 | Pena v. State | green | “whether a party's particular complaint is preserved depends on whether the complaint on appeal comports with the complaint made at trial.” | 56 |
| 3 | Wall v. State | green | “although we defer to a trial court's determination of historical facts and credibility, we review a constitutional legal ruling, i.e. whether a statement is testimonial or non-testimonial, de novo.” | 3 |
| 4 | Adames, Juan Eligio Garcia | green | “easuring the evidentiary sufficiency with explicit reference to the substantive elements of the criminal offense as defined by state law.” | 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.