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 ...
Tag Archive: criminal defense
Michigan… Send us your prisoners
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 ...
Interviewing an Apex, Cary, or Raleigh Criminal Lawyer
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 in ...
Tasering: No laughing matter
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 ...
Flat Fee Raleigh, Cary, and Apex Criminal Law Defense
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 advantage ...
Why are most Wake County Criminal Lawyers in Raleigh?
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 ...
Can prosecutors be sued?
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 convicted because of gross prosecutorial misconduct, including the withholding of ...