248 N.C. App. 787 - State v. Marrero’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A 'knock and talk' is a procedure by which police officers approach a residence and knock on the door to question the occupant, often in an attempt to gain consent to search when no probable cause exists to obtain a warrant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 251 N.C. App. 274 - State v. Kirkman · 259 N.C. App. 708 - State v. Stanley

2. “have recognized the right of police officers to conduct knock and talk investigations, so long as they do not rise to the level of Fourth Amendment searches.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 708 - State v. Stanley

3. “there was no evidence that defendant was aware of their presence....”

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