215 N.C. App. 144 - State v. Castaneda’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trial court's determination as to whether an out-of-court statement constitutes hearsay is reviewed de novo on appeal.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 306 - State v. McLaughlin · State v. Crump

2. “[A]n interrogator's comments that he or she believes the suspect is lying are only admissible to the extent that they provide context to a relevant answer by the suspect.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 383 - State v. Clevinger · State v. Garcia

3. “Because [the detective’s] statements were part of an interrogation technique designed to show defendant that the detectives were aware of the holes and discrepancies in his story and were not made for the purpose of expressing an opinion as to defendant’s credibility or veracity at trial, the trial court properly admitted the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 383 - State v. Clevinger · State v. Garcia