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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 77 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. Mattison.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Mattison Anchor | green | “an appellate court will not reverse the trial court's decision regarding a jury charge absent an abuse of discretion.” | 18 |
| 2 | State v. Adkins | green | “in reviewing jury charges for error, we must consider the court's jury charge as a whole in light of the evidence and issues presented at trial.” | 16 |
| 3 | State v. Adkins | green | “a jury charge is correct if, when the charge is read as a whole, it contains the correct definition and adequately covers the law.” | 14 |
| 4 | State v. Mattison | green | “to warrant reversal, a trial court's refusal to give a requested jury charge must be both erroneous and prejudicial to the defendant.” | 10 |
| 5 | State v. Adkins | green | “the substance of the law is what must be charged to the jury, not any particular verbiage.” | 8 |
| 6 | State v. McBride | green | “adverse inference charges are rarely permitted in criminal cases.” | 6 |
| 7 | State v. Austin | green | “a request to charge a correct statement of the law on an issue raised by the indictment and the evidence presented at trial should not be refused.” | 5 |
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.