6 canonical passages across 4 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 of Maine v. Daniel C. Baker.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of Maine v. Daniel C. Baker Anchor | green | “because the roadmap of the jury's analytical path described in the court's charge authorized the jury to find the defendant guilty without any consideration of self-defense.” | 3 |
| 2 | State of Maine v. Daniel C. Baker | green | “suggesting that the jury could bypass the issue” | 3 |
| 3 | State of Maine v. Daniel C. Baker | green | “which occurs in this context when jury instructions, viewed as a whole, are affected by highly prejudicial error tending to produce manifest injustice.” | 3 |
| 4 | State of Maine v. Jason J. Weaver | green | “viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the trial record supports the following facts.” | 3 |
| 5 | State of Maine v. David Hanscom | green | “informed the jury correctly and fairly in all necessary respects of the governing law,” | 3 |
| 6 | State v. Gurney | green | “as a piece of circumstantial evidence concerning the defendant's state of mind” | 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.