8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 47 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 People v. Anderson.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Anderson Anchor | green | “when a claim of ineffective assistance is made on direct appeal, and the record does not show the reason for counsel's challenged actions or omissions, the conviction must be affirmed unless there could be no satisfactory explanation.” | 13 |
| 2 | People v. Ledesma | green | “a prosecutor is given wide latitude to vigorously argue his or her case and to make fair comment upon the evidence, including reasonable inferences or deductions that may be drawn from the evidence.” | 9 |
| 3 | People v. Lucas | green | “we have considered each claim on the merits, and neither singly nor cumulatively do they establish prejudice requiring the reversal of the convictions.” | 8 |
| 4 | People v. Williams | green | “a defendant is entitled to such an instruction only when there is substantial evidence of the defendant's voluntary intoxication and the intoxication affected the defendant's 'actual formation of specific intent.” | 4 |
| 5 | People v. Williams | green | “the necessary corroborative evidence for accomplice testimony can be a defendant's own admissions.” | 4 |
| 6 | People v. McDermott | green | “insufficient evidence to corroborate rodriguez's testimony that the murder was committed to further the activities of the criminal street gang” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. Gurule | green | “defense counsel may simply have desired not to highlight the comment by objecting.” | 3 |
| 8 | People v. Weatherton | green | “once a court determines a juror has engaged in misconduct, a defendant is presumed to have suffered prejudice.” | 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.