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State v. Gonzalez

Citations

  • 823 S.E.2d 886
  • 263 N.C. App. 527

Syllabus

Conflicting Court of Appeals Precedent In re Civil Penalty Authority of Court of Appeals Panels to Overrule Earlier Panel Decisions

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  • stating we must follow binding precedent of this Court “even if the previous panel’s decision involved narrowing or distinguishing an earlier controlling precedent—even one from the Supreme Court[.]”
  • “These arise when two lines of irreconcilable precedent develop independently—meaning the cases never acknowledge each other or their conflict, as if ships passing in the night.”

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Judges: Dietz

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