6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 309 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 Villa v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villa v. State Anchor | green | “the court conducting a sufficiency review must not engage in a 'divide and conquer' strategy but must consider the cumulative force of all the evidence.” | 127 |
| 2 | Rabb, Richard Lee | green | “when the state pleads a specific element of a penal offense that has statutory alternatives for that element, the sufficiency of the evidence will be measured by the element that was actually pleaded, and not any alternative statutory elements.” | 71 |
| 3 | Crabtree, Mark Alan | green | “the essential elements of the crime are determined by state law.” | 52 |
| 4 | Febus v. State | green | “the essential elements of an offense are determined by state law.” | 49 |
| 5 | Murray, Chad William | green | “the court conducting a sufficiency review must not engage in a 'divide and conquer' strategy but must consider the cumulative force of all the evidence.” | 6 |
| 6 | Van Zandt v. Mbunda | green | “the court conducting a sufficiency review must not engage in a 'divide and conquer' strategy but must consider the cumulative force of all the evidence.” | 4 |
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.