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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 62 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 Carter v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carter v. State Anchor | green | “once jurisdiction of an appellate court is invoked, exercise of its reviewing functions is limited only by its own discretion or a valid restrictive statute.” | 17 |
| 2 | Pena v. State | green | “a claim that was preserved in the trial below but was not raised on appeal.” | 16 |
| 3 | Carter v. State | green | “a constitutional grant of power of appellate jurisdiction treats a right of appeal in criminal cases 'as a remedy to revise the whole case upon the laws and facts, as exhibited in the record.” | 13 |
| 4 | United States v. Susan Carol Briggs | green | “simply put, to convict someone of a crime on the basis of conduct that does not constitute the crime offends the basic notion of justice and fair play embodied in the united states constitution.” | 8 |
| 5 | State v. Bailey | green | “it violates 'ordinary notions of procedural default' for a court of appeals to reverse a trial court's decision on a legal theory that the complaining party did not present to the trial court.” | 5 |
| 6 | Pena v. State | green | “did the court of appeals err by reversing the trial court's decision on a legal theory not presented either to the trial court or to the court of appeals by the complaining party?” | 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.