156 N.C. App. 119 - State v. Phelps’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The officer] knew or should have known that his statement was reasonably likely to evoke an incriminating response. [The officer]'s objective purpose was to obtain defendant's admission or denial of the possession of contraband. Therefore, we conclude the trial court erred in admitting defendant's incriminating statement because the officer failed to advise defendant of his Miranda warnings prior to the custodial interrogation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re L.I. · 205 N.C. App. 155 - In Re Li

2. “In fact, the only evidence against defendant is that cocaine, discovered as a result of a Miranda violation, was found inside the coat defendant was wearing. Thus, without the admission of defendant's incriminating statement, there is a reasonable possibility that the jury would have had reasonable doubt as to whether defendant knowingly possessed the cocaine and returned a different verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 784 - State v. Crook · 166 N.C. App. 280 - State v. Alford

3. “the admission of defendant's statement to [the officer] that he had some crack in his coat pocket was highly inflammatory on the issue of whether defendant knowingly possessed the cocaine”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 784 - State v. Crook