4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 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 Waters v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waters v. State Anchor | green | “how long a term it wishes a defendant to serve before that defendant may become eligible for parole because the jury is instructed on good-conduct time and is furnished the formula for determining eligibility.” | 3 |
| 2 | Waters v. State | green | “of whether the defendant would be awarded or would forfeit good-conduct time or how the parole laws would be applied to her would necessarily be based on speculation.” | 3 |
| 3 | Branch v. State | green | “simply ensured that the jury understood the language set out in the instructions.” | 3 |
| 4 | Branch v. State | green | “the prosecutor's statements were improper because they went beyond merely explaining the parole-law portion of the jury charge and because they were also an inaccurate statement of the law.” | 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.