by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
After you are arrested for a DWI, you will usually be brought to the county jail where the arresting officer will bring to the intoxilyzer room. On DWI Checkpoint weekends, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) sometimes employs a fully mobile...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
The following article from the Gaston Gazette, outlines reforms to the North Carolina Expungement Act. It appears Gov. Bev Purdue just signed into law last week a bill that would allow for certain minor crimes to be expunged from a person’s criminal record. The new...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
At first glance the difference seems obvious. One is a charge for possessing an illegal drug and the other is a charge for possession paraphernalia related to the drug. This is true; however the difference between the two charges gets a little deeper. If I asked you...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
In order to stop a vehicle a police officer in North Carolina need only have reasonable suspicion as established in State v. Styles, 362 N.C. 412 (2008). A police officer who makes a visual estimate of speed and believes a vehicle is speeding may be able to articulate...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
As you may be aware, North Carolina passed a law last year that required law enforcement to immediately arrest teenage drivers for certain traffic infractions. The reason for this law is to expedite the process to have the driver’s license revoked. What happens is the...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
In order to initiate a traffic stop police must have at minimum reasonable suspicion to believe that a crime is or has been committed. Reasonable suspicion is not a high threshold to meet, however there are situations in which this threshold is not met. A common...
