6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 42 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 Smith v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith v. State Anchor | green | “a defendant may not rely on a cause of his own making, such as precipitating a confrontation, to support his argument that he acted out of sudden passion arising from adequate cause.” | 13 |
| 2 | Threadgill v. State | green | “felony murder is an unintentional murder committed in the course of committing a felony.” | 10 |
| 3 | Issac v. State | green | “although the lack of a record may in some cases deprive an appellate court of the ability to determine whether the absent portions are necessary to the appeal's resolution, an automatic rule of reversal is not justified.” | 6 |
| 4 | Lucario v. State | green | “working together with a specified number of others in specified criminal activities.” | 5 |
| 5 | Lomax v. State | green | “commits an act clearly dangerous to human life” | 4 |
| 6 | Shipp v. State | green | “encourage courts to use the submitted definition in the future, but in this particular case, it did not result in trial error.” | 4 |
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.