by Aaron Lee | Oct 8, 2013 | Criminal Defense, News
The North Carolina Supreme Court recently made a decision the case of State v. Ortiz-Zape, that asked them to decide whether a lab test could be admissible in court if the person who conducted was not available to testify. Ultimately the court decided that someone...
by Aaron Lee | Oct 3, 2013 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
For each and every DWI case, there are varying circumstances that allow for a variety of defenses to be utilized. There are a few however, which are commonly used in a typical DWI case where for the examples below let’s assume that the police pulled over a 24...
by Aaron Lee | Oct 3, 2013 | DUI & DWI
When someone is arrested for DWI he or she is usually taken to the police station to submit to a breath test. The breath test that is administered at the police station is the test that is required to be taken under the implied consent law in North Carolina. During...
by Aaron Lee | Oct 2, 2013 | Criminal Defense
On 7/3/2012 the NC Court of Appeals reversed the decision of State v. Harwood regarding an anonymous tip amounting to reasonable suspicion for the police to make a seizure. In the original decision it was held that police were justified in handcuffing a Defendant...
by Aaron Lee | Oct 1, 2013 | DUI & DWI
In North Carolina if someone is convicted of a level 1 DWI he or she may receive 24 months in prison. He or she should be eligible for parole after 2.4 months as long as he or she receives a full award of good time credit and has gone to substance abuse treatment...
