8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 48 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. Vanstory.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Vanstory Anchor | green | “will apply the plain error standard of review to correct errors which seriously affect the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings, to serve the ends of justice, and to prevent the denial of fundamental rights.” | 11 |
| 2 | State v. Balanza | green | “the standard of review for a trial court's issuance or refusal of a jury instruction is whether, when read and considered as a whole, the instructions given are prejudicially insufficient, erroneous, inconsistent, or misleading.” | 8 |
| 3 | State v. Vanstory | green | “this court will apply the plain error standard of review to correct errors which seriously affect the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings, to serve the ends of justice, and to prevent the denial of fundamental rights.” | 6 |
| 4 | State v. Sawyer | green | “to which no objection has been made at trial will be reviewed only for plain error.” | 6 |
| 5 | State v. Kelekolio | green | “this court's power to deal with plain error is one to be exercised sparingly and with caution because the plain error rule represents a departure from a presupposition of the adversary system-that a party must look to his or her counsel for protection and bear the cost of counse…” | 5 |
| 6 | State v. Corpuz | green | “no party may assign as error the giving or the refusal to give, or the modification of, an instruction, ... unless the party objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating distinctly the matter to which the party objects and the grounds of the objection.” | 4 |
| 7 | State v. Corpuz | green | “the general rule is that a reviewing court will not consider issues not raised before the trial court.” | 4 |
| 8 | State v. Sua | green | “erroneous instructions are presumptively harmful and are a ground for reversal unless it affirmatively appears from the record as a whole that the error was not prejudicial.” | 4 |
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