5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 15 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. Barton.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Barton Anchor | green | “efendant was prepared to roll the dice in a high stakes game of chance, betting that the jury, faced with the choice of convicting him of murder or acquitting him entirely, would find him not guilty.” | 3 |
| 2 | State v. Fike | green | “there are very few areas of the criminal law which have given the appellate courts more difficulty than the problem of lesser offenses” | 3 |
| 3 | State v. Eastman | green | “a defendant might choose to forego an opportunity to be convicted of a lesser included offense in order to roll the dice in the hope that the jury might acquit him/her on the greater charge” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Gramc | green | “the defense strategy was in legal jargon 'to roll the dice” | 3 |
| 5 | Kinnamon v. State | green | “even where a lesser included offense is supported by the evidence, the failure of defense counsel to request a charge on the offense or properly object to its omission constitutes a waiver.” | 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.