Sometimes arguments escalate, tempers get heated and what began as a disagreement turns into a full-blown physical altercation. Police are called and the before you can cool off, you find yourself in the back seat of a cop car. If you are facing assault charges, you...
With Spring Break concluding and students returning to school on most high school and college campuses, it's possible you find yourself facing a BUI charge. While penalties and laws surrounding boating under the influence can vary widely from state to state, in North...
It may correctly feel like the end of life as you know it to face criminal charges based upon your alleged involvement in illegal activity. If your charges are drug-related, a conviction can cause nearly irreparable damage to your record and put a catastrophic strain...
In our previous post, we began speaking a bit about the Netflix series Making a Murderer. The wide popularity of the series is undoubtedly due not only to the human interest factor in the story, but also to the fact that the story taps into the fears folks have about...
Readers have undoubtedly heard at least a bit about the popular Netflix series Making a Murderer, and at least some of our readers have probably watched the series with great interest. For those who may not have heard much of the hubbub, it is a 10-episode series...
Last time, we began discussing the legality of DWI checkpoints here in North Carolina. As we noted last time, DWI checkpoints are legal and used in North Carolina, but they must be used for legal purposes. In establishing a DWI checkpoint, officers are not required to...
Drunken driving is a serious problem when it comes to highway safety, and authorities here in North Carolina make use of a variety of strategies to get unsafe drivers off the road. Among these measures is the use of drunken driving checkpoints, or sobriety...
Most readers have heard of the ongoing sexual assault accusations against Bill Cosby, including the recent charges of sexual assault. Those charges are based on an alleged incident in Pennsylvania involving a former employee of Temple University. The incident is said...
Authorities have arrested a man in connection with a missing person case that has been active since the spring of 2015. At about that time, the 57-year-old man disappeared from his Richfield, North Carolina home. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office recently arrested a...
For those who are unfamiliar with the criminal justice system, it is sometimes assumed that prosecutors have a correct understanding of the laws under which they seek convictions. This isn’t always true, though. Prosecutors can sometimes be mistaken in their...
