Concerts can be a lot of fun. A chance to see a band like Phish or Widespread Panic or any number of other bands that come through Raleigh, North Carolina. Good music, good friends. But concerts can also lead to legal problems. Police – particularly drug and narcotics police and alcohol enforcement agents – know…
I offer free consultations with all of my clients. Many of these free consultations take place on the phone. Others occur in my office. Whether they are on the phone or in my office, my goal is to give my client or potential client as much information as I can to answer as many questions…
In the late 1970s, it became apparent to people not just in the United States but in other parts of the world that too many people were dying on the roads as a result of drunk driving. Because the United States is such a large country and most people rely upon their cars to travel…
What happens when a criminal lawyer does not fully inform his client of the immigration consequences of a conviction? That lawyer has committed the sin of ineffective assistance of counsel. The Supreme Court held recently in Padilla v. Kentucky that a criminal lawyer must give accurate advice regarding the potential consequences of an immigration conviction….
If you’re looking for a Wake County traffic lawyer, you should make sure that the traffic lawyer understands how to best utilize what’s called a PJC or a Prayer for Judgment Continued. A prayer for judgment continued means that judgment has not been entered upon a plea of guilty or a plea of responsible. A…
North Carolina Criminal Costs have increased as of October 1, 2010. These are the costs that a person pays upon being found guilty or pleading guilty or receiving a PJC from a court in North Carolina. These costs are paid to the court the day judgment is entered, although your lawyer may be able to…
In North Carolina, you can only remove a misdemeanor conviction for larceny from your record if the offense was committed prior to your 18th birthday. If you were convicted of the misdemeanor larceny, and were older than 18 years at the time of the offense, then you can’t get an expunction under current North Carolina…
If someone absconds from probation (fails to report or flees a jurisdiction where probation has been imposed), usually there is a bond set by a Superior Court judge at the time the person absconded. If the absconder turns himself in without prior preparations, that bond will be imposed upon him and there’s nothing a magistrate…
The iPad is changing the way that people practice law and, in particular, criminal law. A lawyer who might previously need to carry a statute book, a federal sentencing guidelines book, a federal criminal law book, the North Carolina sentencing guidelines, as well as the Rules of Evidence into court now can fit all of…
There are many fine Wake County criminal lawyers. If you’ve been charged with a crime, or if police have begun to call you to ask you about something that you have done or witnessed, it makes sense to reach out to a criminal lawyer as soon as possible. That’s because during this period – before…
