In the Matter of D.A.S., 183 N.C. App. 107 (2007)

Where the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for assault on a government employee, a Class A1 misdemeanor, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by entering a Level 3 disposition order and committing the juvenile to a youth development center. An adjudication of a Class A1 misdemeanor is a “serious” offense and the juvenile had a “high” delinquency history. Therefore, the dispositional chart in G.S. 7B-2508 authorized the trial court to enter a Level 2 or Level 3 disposition. The trial court’s statement that “this assaultive behavior was violent” did not reflect that the trial court incorrectly labeled the offense as “violent” under G.S. 7B-2508(a).