7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 21 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 United States v. Edward E. Bordeaux, Jr..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Edward E. Bordeaux, Jr. Anchor | green | “given the ubiquity of television, even children are keenly aware that a television image of a person (including a defendant in the case of a two-way system) is not the person and something is lost in the translation.” | 3 |
| 2 | Harrell v. State | green | “the equivalent of physical, face-to-face confrontation.” | 3 |
| 3 | Harrell v. State | green | “courtrooms . . . cannot sit idly by, in a cocoon of yesteryear, while society and technology race forward.” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Buie | green | “the intangible but crucial differences between a face-to-face confrontation and a 'confrontation' that is electronically created by cameras, cables, and monitors.” | 3 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Atkinson | green | “convenience and cost-saving are not sufficient reasons to deny constitutional rights.” | 3 |
| 6 | Bush v. State | green | “testimony via video conference was necessary to further the important public policy of preventing further harm to his already serious medical condition.” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. Sanford, Ltd. | green | “foreign depositions are suspect and, consequently, not favored, due, in significant part, to the fact that the witness is not subject to the imposition of sanctions of perjury or contempt for testifying falsely or evasively.” | 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.