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6 canonical passages across 5 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 United States v. Wiltberger.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Wiltberger Anchor | green | “it is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment.” | 45 |
| 2 | People v. Jones | green | “plea agreements are contracts, and principles of waiver apply equally to them.” | 8 |
| 3 | State v. Ramos | green | “resulting in a total prison term exceeding the average human life-span” | 6 |
| 4 | Thomas Hoffner, Jr. v. | green | “whether a claim 'relies' on a qualifying new rule must be construed permissively and flexibly on a case-by-case basis” | 4 |
| 5 | State of Arizona v. Martin Raul Soto-Fong | green | “courts that have held de facto juvenile life sentences unconstitutional provide a cautionary tale, as they have invariably usurped the legislative prerogative to devise a novel sentencing scheme . . . .” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Jones | green | “necessarily constituted an exercise of its discretion,” | 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.