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you can definitely be prosecuted for the latter in the US

Would it be a lesser sentence than a potentially worse revelation?

That phone should have been shredded way before you got pulled over.

Probably not. Judges really, really hate defendants who destroy evidence, and getting the maximum statutory penalty is common in such cases.

You can? I thought this was okay.

Destroying evidence? No, that is a crime

Only when knowingly hiding a crime. You can choose to wipe your device without an alibi thankfully.

What evidence?