7 canonical passages across 7 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 People v. Alford.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Alford Anchor | green | “it is impossible to determine whether the act that formed the basis for the jury's guilty verdict on one count . . . was also . . . the . . . act that formed the basis for its guilty verdict on another count” | 3 |
| 2 | People v. Wright | green | “the people neither alleged nor proved that defendant's possession of the weapons was marked by an unlawful intent separate and distinct from his intent to commit the substantive crimes” | 3 |
| 3 | People v. Day | green | “the actus reus element is, by definition, the same for both offenses (under the first prong of the statute), or if the actus reus for one offense is, by definition, a material element of the second offense (under the second prong)” | 3 |
| 4 | Krajewski v. Andriaccio | green | “mandatory denial of a motion pursuant to cpl 440.20 is required only when the issue 'was previously determined on the merits upon an appeal from the judgment or sentence” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Ahedo | green | “the felony upon which the felony assault is predicated is a material element of that crime,” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Plater | green | “the same conduct which resulted in defendant's conviction of reckless endangerment established that he used a dangerous instrument to commit the burglary” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. Howard | green | “the same conduct resulting in defendant's conviction of first-degree assault also constituted the physical injury element of one count of burglary in the first degree and the use of a dangerous instrument element of the other” | 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.