8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 96 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 People v. Rudolph.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Rudolph Anchor | green | “that there be a youthful offender determination in every case where the defendant is eligible, even where the defendant fails to request it, or agrees to forgo it as part of a plea bargain” | 30 |
| 2 | People v. Rudolph | green | “a determination of whether defendant is a youthful offender” | 26 |
| 3 | People v. Rudolph | green | “the judgment of a court as to which young people have a real likelihood of turning their lives around is just too valuable, both to the offender and to the community, to be sacrificed in plea bargaining” | 19 |
| 4 | The People v. William Middlebrooks / The People v. Fabrice Lowe | green | “to determine on the record whether the defendant is an eligible youth by considering the presence or absence of the factors set forth in cpl 720.10 (3) . . . and make such a determination on the record” | 9 |
| 5 | People v. Mcgowen | green | “a policy choice that there be a youthful offender determination in every case where the defendant is eligible, even where the defendant fails to request it, or agrees to forgo it as part of a plea bargain” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Vellon | green | “supports the court's determination that defendant understood the meaning of the miranda warnings prior to waiving his rights” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. Cannon | neutral | “a belated maneuver that had no foundation in truth,” | 3 |
| 8 | People v. Dade | green | “no possibility of suggestiveness was created by the police conduct in arranging the confirmation” | 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.