9 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 272 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. Dunbar.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Dunbar Anchor | green | “a party may not argue one ground at trial and an alternate ground on appeal.” | 81 |
| 2 | State v. Dunbar | green | “in order for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial . issues not raised and ruled upon in the trial court will not be considered on appeal.” | 58 |
| 3 | State v. Weston | green | “when ruling on a motion for a directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with the existence or nonexistence of evidence, not its weight.” | 39 |
| 4 | State v. Weston | green | “a defendant is entitled to a directed verdict when the tate fails to produce evidence of the offense charged.” | 13 |
| 5 | State v. Prioleau | green | “party may not argue one ground at trial and an alternate ground on appeal.” | 11 |
| 6 | State v. Kennerly | green | “in reviewing a denial of directed verdict, issues not raised to the trial court in support of the directed verdict motion are not preserved for appellate review.” | 10 |
| 7 | State v. Kennerly | green | “a defendant cannot argue on appeal an issue in support of his directed verdict motion when the issue was not presented to the trial court below.” | 5 |
| 8 | State v. Prioleau | green | “in order to preserve for review an alleged error in admitting evidence an objection should be sufficiently specific to bring into focus the precise nature of the alleged error so it can be reasonably understood by the trial judge.” | 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.