7 canonical passages across 5 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. Torres.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Torres Anchor | green | “is at once both an evidentiary and constitutional requisite for admission of former testimony.” | 3 |
| 2 | People v. Torres | green | “the motive-and-focus test cannot be our sole guide to a resolution.” | 3 |
| 3 | People v. Hale | green | “second-prong plain error because the error was of such a magnitude as to have denied defendant a fair trial” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Starks | green | “a trial court has abused its discretion only when its decision is arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable or when no reasonable person would take the court's view.” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Starks | green | “it is clear from the record that counsel would have done more with the witness at the preliminary hearing if he had felt free to do so” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Cacini | green | “are not waived by failure to make timely objections thereto if the interests of justice require” | 3 |
| 7 | Martin v. Morelock | green | “case is not at an end until the verdict is recorded and the jury discharged, and it would be unjust to record a verdict from which the jury, in the presence of the court, dissent” | 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.