by Aaron Lee | Aug 20, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
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...
by Aaron Lee | Aug 20, 2013 | Car Accidents, DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
A 23-year-old from Charlotte was travelling westbound down Old Concord Road in East Charlotte last Saturday when he was hit head-on by a drunk driver. The collision occurred around 6:20 Saturday morning, on the 6300 block of Old Concord Road. The NC police report...
by Aaron Lee | Aug 15, 2013 | Car Accidents, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
This is a new type of story but apparently a man from Charlotte was arrested and charged with DWI Sunday Morning after he was involved in a golf cart accident. Strangely, the man was driving in the Ballantyne area, with his younger passenger aboard, and made a sharp...
by Aaron Lee | Aug 15, 2013 | DUI & DWI, General
An Asheville man has just been convicted of his 17th DWI, since 1983. Accordingly, the man was penalized heavily this time, and will spend the next seven years in prison due to his habitual drinking. This is an astonishing amount of DWIs for anyone. It has been said...
by Aaron Lee | Aug 15, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
North Carolina authorizes the use of continuous alcohol monitoring systems (CAM) to monitor the alcohol use of someone on probation for the most serious DWI. The CAM is placed on a person’s ankle and transmits readings that indicate alcohol use. This was authorized...
by Aaron Lee | Aug 14, 2013 | Car Accidents, DUI & DWI
A 64-year-old man was fatally wounded last weekend in the University Area, after his vehicle flipped over several times before stopping on its hood. The NCDOT reports that this accident was caused by many factors, but mainly due to alcohol and reckless driving on...
