260 N.C. App. 665 - State v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “'Permanent' means forever. 'Irreparable' means beyond improvement. In other words, the trial court should be satisfied that in 25 years, in 35 years, in 55 years-when the defendant may be in his seventies or eighties-he will likely still remain incorrigible or corrupt, just as he was as a teenager, so that even then parole is not appropriate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 516 - State v. Williams

2. “[w]hile Miller states that life without parole would be an uncommon punishment for juvenile offenders, the trial court has apparently determined that [the] defendant is one of those 'rare juvenile offenders' for whom it is appropriate .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 516 - State v. Williams

3. “[t]he trial court's unchallenged evidentiary findings combined with its ultimate findings regarding the Miller factors demonstrate that the trial court's determination was the result of a reasoned decision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 516 - State v. Williams