In this task, you will be shown a sentence, and you should determine whether it is overruling or non-overruling. In law, an overruling sentence is a statement that nullifies a previous case decision as a precedent by a constitutionally valid statute or a decision by the same or higher ranking court which establishes a different rule on the point of law involved. Classify your answers into overruling or non-overruling

[Q]: further, the prosecutor's closing arguments consistently tied the current incident to defendant's purported state of mind in 1991.
[A]: non-overruling


[Q]: 46 defendant argues, in the alternative, that the circuit court failed to conduct a proper inquiry into his posttrial claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
[A]: non-overruling


[Q]: city of pasadena's assertion that a municipally owned utility is not a "public utility" within the meaning of article xii (see 183 cal. at pp. 530-532), although not expressly disapproved by los angeles met. transit authority v. public util. com., supra, 59 cal.2d 863, is clearly inconsistent with the holding in the transit authority case sustaining puc jurisdiction over a municipally owned common carrier.
[A]:
overruling


