9 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 57 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 Zervos v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zervos v. State Anchor | green | “if an officer has a reasonable basis for suspecting that a person has committed a traffic offense, the officer may legally initiate a traffic stop.” | 26 |
| 2 | Thomas v. State | green | “a motor vehicle may become a deadly weapon if the manner of its use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.” | 7 |
| 3 | Ex Parte McKithan | green | “specific intent to use a motor vehicle as a deadly weapon is not required.” | 4 |
| 4 | Timothy Hutchison v. State | green | “we approach our review with two standards, 'giving almost total deference to a trial court's determination of historic facts and mixed questions of law and fact that rely on the credibility of a witness, but applying a de novo standard of review to pure questions of law and mixe…” | 4 |
| 5 | State v. Lindsey Nichole Houghton | green | “the videotape presented indisputable visual evidence contradicting essential portions of the officer's testimony” | 4 |
| 6 | Walker v. State | green | “to hold evidence legally sufficient to sustain a deadly weapon finding, the evidence must demonstrate that: (1) the object meets the statutory definition of a dangerous weapon, . . . (2) the deadly weapon was used or exhibited 'during the transaction from which' the felony convi…” | 3 |
| 7 | Jones, Ex Parte Richard Dewayne | green | “a mutual connection in that their enactment was intended to better protect law enforcement and the public from actors who evade arrest.” | 3 |
| 8 | Jones, Ex Parte Richard Dewayne | green | “imposition of criminal penalties described in the texas penal code for offenses involving motor vehicles.” | 3 |
| 9 | Ex Parte Richard Dewayne Jones | green | “the purpose of the single-subject rule is to prevent log-rolling-the inclusion in a bill of several subjects having no connection with each other in order to create a combination of various interests in support of the whole bill.” | 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.