by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
Not necessarily. Usually when charges are pressed against someone it is up to the District Attorney to decide if the charges will be dropped before the case gets to trial. Just because the person who may have initially pursued pressing charges against someone has...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
If police pull someone over and suspect the driver is intoxicated the officer will ask the driver to complete field sobriety testing. After the field sobriety testing the officer may ask the driver to blow into an alco-sensor to determine what the driver’s BAC (blood...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
If you were arrested for DWI and took the breathalyzer test you know what amount you blew. If you blew a .08 or above you may feel “done for” and hopeless. Most of us know if you blow a .08 or above then you can be charged with a DWI. It is true that at...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
In North Carolina the law allows for a vehicle to be seized if you are charged with DWI. This may happen even if you are not the owner of the vehicle you were driving at the time. There are two situations in which law enforcement officers must seize the vehicle, which...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
In North Carolina an objective standard is used when deciding if probable cause or reasonable suspicion existed to execute a traffic stop. The court will consider many factors in each case to determine if the actions of the police were reasonable. The question often...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
As an update to a previous blog, the attorney from Raleigh, James Crouch, was indicted on several charges for altering court records has decided to plead guilty. He will have a hearing regarding sentencing for the crimes in December. Part of his punishment will be...
