5 canonical passages across 5 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 MacKbee v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MacKbee v. State Anchor | green | “where a reasonable juror could not on the evidence exclude the lesser-included offense beyond a reasonable doubt.” | 6 |
| 2 | Noe v. State | green | “a medical technician or pathologist has used the tools of his trade to puncture, sever, dissect and otherwise traumatize body parts” | 3 |
| 3 | Caldwell v. State | green | “truthfully and accurately stated that the sentence of death would be automatically reviewed by a higher court.” | 3 |
| 4 | In Re Jordan | green | “fails to provide a principled way to distinguish the few cases in which the death penalty is to be imposed from the many in which it is not.” | 3 |
| 5 | Wheeler v. State | green | “is not how many were killed, but whether the method of killing was such that persons not intended to be victims were in danger of harm, e.g., methods such as arson, bombing, or shooting wildly into a crowd.” | 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.