8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 493 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 State v. Moff.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Moff Anchor | green | “when the resolution of a question of law does not turn on an evaluation of the credibility and demeanor of a witness, then the trial court is not in a better position to make the determination, so appellate courts should conduct a de novo review of the issue.” | 85 |
| 2 | Quarles v. State | green | “there can be no question that a grand jury may return an indictment charging a misdemeanor.” | 81 |
| 3 | Duclos v. County of Harris | green | “a clerk is an essential to a district court, and also each county is by law provided with one” | 81 |
| 4 | Lenzen v. State | green | “it seems beyond question that the accused having admitted the jurisdiction of the trial court by entry of appearance and plea and the standing of trial, he should not be allowed to raise the question thereafter.” | 81 |
| 5 | King v. State | green | “in the absence of a plea to the jurisdiction of the , timely filed and presented, the question as to the transfer of the case was waived.” | 81 |
| 6 | Light v. State | green | “the presumption of regularity is a judicial construct that requires a reviewing court . . . to indulge every presumption in favor of the regularity of the proceedings and documents in the lower court.” | 76 |
| 7 | Light v. State | green | “the presumption of regularity is a judicial construct that requires a 18 reviewing court . . . to indulge every presumption in favor of the regularity of the proceedings and documents in the lower court.” | 5 |
| 8 | Warner v. Glass | green | “once a party has satisfied his duty to put a legal instrument in the custody and the control of the court clerk, he should not be penalized for errors made by the court clerk.” | 3 |
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