In these tough economic times, embezzlement has become a crime more frequently prosecuted by either the state or federal prosecutors in North Carolina. That's because either employees have been taking money from employers to make ends meet, or employers are accusing innocent employees because employers want to stop "shrinkage" or the loss of money ...
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Criminal Raleigh: Texting While Driving as bad as Driving While Impaired
Oprah Winfrey recently launched a campaign to have celebrities pledge not to text while drive. Doctors now assert that driving while texting may be as dangerous as driving while impaired. The problem with enforcing a driving while texting law is that, unlike a driving while impaired law, texting leaves no lingering effects. In other ...
A Video Overview of How Miranda Rights Apply in Criminal Cases
A short video about how Miranda Rights apply in criminal cases. You should consult with a lawyer about your case. I made this to help folks understand how this concept might apply in their cases, but each fact situation differs.
What is PayTel? Contacting Friends in North Carolina Jails
If your loved one or friend has been locked up in the Wake County Jail (or other North Carolina jails), you can visit them on designated days. However, such visits are only permitted via video phone, and such visits are monitored and recorded. So you should never talk about any aspects of the case.
I’ve seen [...]
DWI Stops in Raleigh, Cary and Apex: Phase II Detection
I’ve talked previously about how police officers need to have a reasonable articulable suspicion that a crime is afoot in order to stop a car traveling down North Carolina’s roads – in Raleigh, Cary, Apex, for instance, or in any other part of Wake County.
Assume for a moment that the police officer has a valid [...]
Five (5) Things to Know About North Carolina Domestic Violence Law – Domestic Criminal Law
If you’ve been involved in incident involving domestic violence in Cary, NC, Raleigh, NC or Apex NC, you will want to consult with a Raleigh, Apex, or Cary criminal lawyer who can help you navigate the criminal system and also any other ramifications the criminal problem may cause in your personal life. A lawyer should [...]
Criminal Defense Lawyer Raleigh Location
I’ve recently updated my Google Local listing for my criminal law practice in Raleigh. My office hours are generally from 8 am until 8 pm, but I often work later than that, and am available to travel to clients’ homes, especially if they have had their licenses revoked after a DWI arrest.
My location has ample [...]
Criminal Law and the Ubiquity of Video Cameras & Video Cell Phones
Julian Sanchez, a writer for The Cato Institute, has an interesting article on the rise of cell phone cameras in leveling the playing field between police and citizens. While judges will always tell juries not to give police testimony special weight, and instruct jurors to evaluate a police officer’s truthfulness as they would any other [...]
Christmas Holiday – DWI/DUI, Criminal Offenses in Raleigh, Cary or Apex
Many lawyers take the next few weeks off because court is closed a number of days and to celebrate the holidays. I will be working throughout the holiday period, so if you are stopped for DWI, or face criminal charges and need to talk to a Raleigh criminal lawyer or Raleigh DWI lawyer, feel free [...]
Amish DWI
Hilarious DWI out of Pennsylvania. An Amish man was stopped after his horse and buggy was seen driving down the center of a Lancaster County road. When police approached the buggy, they noticed the man slumped over, asleep. They also smelled alcohol.
The man was arrested for Driving While Impaired.