251 N.C. App. 752 - In re: D.E.P.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Upon careful review of the statutory language and our prior jurisprudence, we find no support for a conclusion that in every case the "appropriate" findings of fact must make reference to all of the factors listed in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2501(c), including those factors that were irrelevant to the case or in regard to which no evidence was introduced.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re: I.W.P.

2. “[w]here a panel of the Court of Appeals has decided the same issue, albeit in a different case, a subsequent panel of the same court is bound by that precedent, unless it has been overturned by a higher court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re: I.W.P.

3. “design an appropriate plan to meet the needs of the juvenile and to achieve the objectives of the State in exercising jurisdiction, including the protection of the public.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re: I.W.P.