5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 19 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 Taylor v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor v. State Anchor | green | “a defendant is entitled to his requested self-defense instruction regardless of how weak or improbable his testimony may have been with respect to the circumstances leading up to the battery.” | 6 |
| 2 | Vila v. State | green | “generally, a trial court's decision to give or withhold a proposed jury instruction is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.” | 4 |
| 3 | Jesse D. Wagers v. State | green | “if there is any evidence to support a theory of self-defense, the trial court should give the requested instruction however flimsy the evidence is which supports that theory or however weak or improbable the testimony may have been.” | 3 |
| 4 | Spurgeon v. State | green | “finally, if a jury can reasonably infer from circumstantial evidence presented at trial that the defendant had the state of mind necessary for self-defense, then the defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on self- defense.” | 3 |
| 5 | Spurgeon v. State | green | “the trial court should not weigh the evidence when determining whether to give the requested instruction.” | 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.