Court Opinion

ID: 9611334
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:55:18.1863+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:12.995175
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Justice Parker
concurring.
The result reached by the majority is consistent with this Court’s decision in Poole v. Miller, 342 N.C. 349, 464 S.E.2d 409 (1995). I dissented from the decision of the majority in Poole, and I continue to believe that the reasoning of my dissent in that case was correct. Id. at 355-57, 464 S.E.2d at 413-14. (Parker, J. dissenting, joined by Whichard, J.). However, the doctrine of stare decisis, which impels courts to abide by established binding precedent except in the most extraordinary circumstance, requires that I now accept Poole as authoritative and concur in the decision of the majority in the present case.