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Pre-Trial Suppression Motions

Pre-Trial Suppression Motions  Under certain circumstances discovered during a review of the State’s evidence, your DWI attorney may find grounds to file pre-trial suppression motions.   There are various reasons evidence may be suppressed depending on each...

Evidence Obtained by Search Warrant Illegally

It is true that in most cases if police have obtained a search warrant it is likely that any evidence they obtained as a result will be admissible in court.  In order to obtain a search warrant police must have probable cause and state with particularity what exactly...

Determining if Probable Cause Exists

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...

DNA Sample with Felony Charge

One of the basic rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution is to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures.  The law continues to evolve to defined exactly what unreasonable is, especially with new advances in technology.  When property or person that is...

Dropping Criminal Charges

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 changed their mind...

Anonymous Tip and Arrest

The North Carolina Court of Appeals found in State v. Harwood how an anonymous tip can amount 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 where an anonymous tip...