196 N.C. App. 147 - State v. Rooks’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining whether a suspect is in custody, an appellate court must examine all the circumstances surrounding the interrogation; but the definitive inquiry is whether there was a formal arrest or a restraint on freedom of movement of the degree associated with a formal arrest. This is an objective test, based upon a reasonable person standard, and is to be applied on a case-by-case basis considering all the facts and circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Parlier

2. “The fact that defendant held his head down, was not talkative, and was acting like he was in trouble might suggest he did not feel free to leave. However, the defendant's subjective belief has no bearing here. To hold otherwise would defeat the objective reasonable person standard. These facts and circumstances do not support a conclusion that defendant was subjected to custodial interrogation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 525 - State v. Burris

3. “this Court affirmed the trial court's determination that defendant was not in custody where the defendant voluntarily accompanied police officers to the police department for an interview, was not handcuffed, was told he was not under arrest, was offered the use of the bathroom, no threats or promises were made, and defendant was left unattended while the interviewing officers took a break.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Parlier