151 N.C. App. 185 - State v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he Fourth Amendment grants individuals the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. Generally, a warrant supported by probable cause is required before a search is considered reasonable. The warrant requirement is a principal protection against unreasonable intrusions into private dwellings. This requirement is subject only to a few specifically established and well delineated exceptions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 791 - State v. Stallings

2. “Moreover, it is well settled that where the officers' search is conducted during the course of `legitimate emergency activities', they may seize evidence of a crime that is `in plain view'.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 200 N.C. App. 506 - State v. Stover

3. “had every right to enter the area secured by [the police officers] and remove evidence observed in plain view, which had been seized by the securing of the crime scene.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 791 - State v. Stallings