201 N.C. App. 689 - State v. Steele’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
May 2017
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Crawford v. Washington · Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · State v. Braswell · Dogwood Development & Management Co. LLC v. White Oak Transport Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In other words, N.C. Gen.Stat. 90-95(h)(5) is a provision exchanging potential leniency for assistance.... It is the only provision in the trafficking statutory scheme which gives a sentencing judge the discretion not to impose the statutorily mandated minimum sentence and fine.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The sentencing judge may ... impose a prison term less than the applicable minimum prison term provided by this subsection, ... when such person has, to the best of his knowledge, provided substantial assistance in the identification, arrest, or conviction of any accomplices, accessories, co-conspirators, or principals....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When a defendant does not have exclusive possession of the location where the drugs are found, the State is required to show 'other incriminating circumstances' in order to establish constructive possession.”
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.