6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 60 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 Laster v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laster v. State Anchor | green | “the verdict is supported by a reasonable inference, it is within the province of the factfinder to choose which inference is most reasonable.” | 18 |
| 2 | Vernon v. State | green | “words not specially defined by the legislature are to be understood as ordinary usage allows, and jurors may thus freely read statutory language to have any meaning which is acceptable in common parlance.” | 17 |
| 3 | Halikipoulos v. Dillion | neutral | “the power to require bail is not to be used as to make it an instrument of oppression.” | 7 |
| 4 | Ervin v. State | green | “the double jeopardy clause 'prevents the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended.” | 6 |
| 5 | Rodriguez v. State | green | “whenever we are confronted with an attack upon the constitutionality of a statute, we presume that the statute is valid and that the legislature has not acted unreasonably or arbitrarily. the burden rests upon the individual who challenges the statute to establish its unconstitu…” | 6 |
| 6 | Vernon v. State | green | “accordingly, when determining the sufficiency of evidence to support a jury verdict, reviewing courts must not employ definitions of relevant statutory words which are different or more restrictive than the jurors themselves were legally 17 entitled to use.” | 6 |
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.