261 N.C. App. 645 - In re: L.E.M.’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[n]o issues have been argued or preserved for review in accordance with our Rules of Appellate Procedure.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In re M.R.C-M. · In re L.E.M.

2. “has consistently interpreted Rule 3.1(d) to require our Court to conduct an independent review in termination of parental rights cases in which counsel filed a no-merit brief and the respondent-parent did not file a pro se brief.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re L.E.M.

3. “Where 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 · from the majority
   e.g. In re A.G.B.