A criminal lawyer – whether he’s in Apex, Raleigh, or Cary – knows what to expect from the process. He’s been through it many, many times before. He knows what your rights are, and he knows how to protect them. Simple things: like preparing your family for your possible arrest, making sure you don’t talk…
A pretty shocking story out of Michigan: It’s no secret that Michigan is enduring the most extreme effects of the nation’s economic crisis: its unemployment rate stands at 15.3%, and the state is functioning on a temporary budget as legislators rush to close a $2.8 billion deficit. In recent years, the financial situation here has…
So you think you might be in trouble. And you think you need a lawyer. Do you? The answer is: better safe that sorry. Look, no one wants to waste money, especially on an lawyer. But talking to a lawyer is absolutely crucial early in a case. I’ve talked to a number of potential clients…
Ryan Curry is a police officer in Marlin, Texas. He works as off-duty security for local clubs. He also has a Facebook page. He recently posted a picture to his Facebook page (allegedly taken by another police officer) showing a person who had urinated in his pants after being tasered. Under the picture, Curry wrote…
For years, lawyers have charged clients on an hourly rate. The rate was fixed, but the hours were not. So the case could take 2 hours, 202 hours, or 1002 hours, and the client would have to pay for all of those hours billed to the case. For years criminal lawyers have used flat-fee-billing. The…
About half the people accused of crimes in Wake County don’t live in Raleigh. They live in the suburbs of Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Garner, Knightdale, and so forth. So why are most of the criminal defense attorney’s located downtown? Since the courthouse is downtown where all criminal cases are handled, attorneys who do criminal work…
In November the United States Supreme Court will hear Pottawattamie County et al. v. McGhee et al., a case dating back to 1978 that involves prosecutorial misconduct of the worst kind. The question for the Supreme Court is whether an innocent person wrongly convictedA conviction is a formal finding by a court – either following…