8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 29 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 Ross v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross v. State Anchor | green | “it is the reaction of the sentencer to the evidence before it which concerns this court and which defines the limits which sentencers in past cases have tolerated. . . .” | 6 |
| 2 | Brown v. State | green | “a photograph which depicts the victim after autopsy incisions are made or after the state of the body is changed by authorities or the pathologist will not be admissible unless necessary to show some material fact which becomes apparent only because of the autopsy.” | 5 |
| 3 | Stripling v. State | green | “it is undisputed that georgia's statutory definition of mental retardation is consistent with the clinical definitions cited in atkins.” | 3 |
| 4 | McMichen v. State | green | “in requesting the psychiatric histories of the state's witnesses, mcmichen failed even to allege that such histories existed.” | 3 |
| 5 | Anderson v. State | green | “the record in this case indicates that the jury was confused about the charge. no remedial instruction was given. . . .” | 3 |
| 6 | Romine v. State | green | “ralph's testimony that he did not wish to see his grandson die would have been admissible in mitigation. . . .” | 3 |
| 7 | Fleming v. Zant | red | “was based in great part on the absence of any 'national consensus' against executing the mentally retarded. in contrast, the objective evidence indicates that a consensus against execution of the mentally retarded does exist among georgians.” | 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.