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When police are able to perform a search

Generally police must obtain a search warrant before they can legally search someone’s home or search their property.  As with most topics in the law there are exceptions to the search warrant requirement.  The most common exceptions that police use are the search of...

Elements of a crime

Any crime has four basic elements that must be proven before someone can be charged.  The elements are 1.) Actus Reus (physical act), 2.) Mens Rea (mental state), 3.) Causation, and 4.) Social Harm.  Basically the State must prove that the accused performed a physical...

Drug Schedule in NC

The severity of a drug charge depends on what type of drug you possessed. The severity of may be more or less depending on the amount of the drug that was possessed as well, but here I am just going over the types of drugs.   In North Carolina drugs are classified...

Limited Driving Privilege in NC

In North Carolina if someone has been charged or convicted of DWI his driver’s license will be revoked. It is possible to obtain a limited driving privilege so long as certain conditions are met, and the amount of time someone will have to wait to receive such a...