8 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 69 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 McFarland v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McFarland v. State Anchor | green | “any allegation of ineffectiveness must be firmly founded in the record and the record must affirmatively demonstrate the alleged ineffectiveness.” | 23 |
| 2 | Menefee v. State | green | “no trial court is authorized to render a conviction in a felony case, consistent with article 1.15, based upon a plea of guilty 'without sufficient evidence to support the same.” | 14 |
| 3 | Ex Parte Morrow | green | “(1) whether counsel's advice was within the range of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases and if not, (2) whether there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.” | 10 |
| 4 | Ex Parte Williams | green | “an additional procedural safeguard required by the state of texas but not by federal constitutional law.” | 8 |
| 5 | Ivey v. State | green | “in the best interest of justice, the public, and the defendant” | 5 |
| 6 | Phillips v. State | green | “neither the child's awareness of the perpetrator's presence and/or the witnessing of the perpetrators anus or any part of the person's genitalia is a required element of the charge.” | 3 |
| 7 | Webb v. State | green | “the error may have had a 'substantial influence' on the outcome of the proceeding.” | 3 |
| 8 | Spradling v. State | green | “there are two victims, a separate victim for each offense, the acts, though occurring at the same time and place, constitute separate offenses involving separate issues of law, and separate prosecutions are not barred by former jeopardy.” | 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.