5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 18 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. Cummings.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Cummings Anchor | green | “an oral charge, complaint, or indictment that does not state an offense contains within it a substantive jurisdictional defect, rather than simply a defect in form, which renders any subsequent trial, judgment of conviction, or sentence a nullity.” | 5 |
| 2 | State v. Motta | green | “our adoption of this liberal construction standard for post-conviction challenges to indictments means we will not reverse a conviction based upon a defective indictment unless the defendant can show prejudice or that the indictment cannot within reason be construed to charge a …” | 4 |
| 3 | State v. Elliott | green | “one way in which an otherwise deficient count can be reasonably construed to charge a crime is by examination of the charge as a whole.” | 4 |
| 4 | State v. Motta | green | “charges which are tardily challenged after conviction are liberally construed in favor of validity.” | 3 |
| 5 | State v. Motta | green | “cannot within reason be construed to charge a crime.” | 2 |
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.