172 N.C. App. 143 - State v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
April 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blakely v. Washington · State v. Allen · State v. Matias · State v. Beaver · State v. Foster
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] defendant constructively possesses contraband when he or she has the intent and capability to maintain control and dominion over it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The essential elements of felonious possession of stolen property are: (1) possession of personal property, (2) which was [feloniously stolen], (3) the possessor knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the property to have been [feloniously stolen], and (4) the possessor acting with a dishonest purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Possession of stolen goods may be either actual or constructive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.