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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 [...]

Wake County is Fortunate, No Sheriff Joe Arpaio Here

Wake County is fortunate not to have Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I used to live in Maricopa County, Arizona, which is Arizona’s most populous county and also home to Phoenix. Maricopa County is huge, about as large as the entire state of New Hampshire.
In the “incorporated” areas – Phoenix, Tempe, Glendale, Scottsdale, Mesa and so on [...]

Ways to Challenge a Subpoena

A subpoena is a legal request to either produce a person – for a trial or for a deposition – or to produce documents or other materials to the opposing party so that the other party can have time to examine those documents.
In North Carolina, subpoenas may be issued by an attorney, by a magistrate, [...]

Five (5) Things to Know About North Carolina Domestic Violence 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 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 [...]

Good News for the Rule of Law

Wake County Superior Court Judge Ripley Rand ruled earlier this week that Faye Brown and Alford Jones. Both were convicted under North Carolina’s old sentencing system to “life” in prison which was defined as 80 years. By earning degrees, abiding by prison regulations, and displaying good behavior, both Jones and Brown, had worked down their [...]

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 [...]

Control of the Calendar: The North Carolina Prosecutor’s Ace Card

Imagine if you were involved in a civil suit – perhaps your neighbor was suing you for some damage to his property. And imagine that the neighbor as the plaintiff in the suit had the unfettered right to bring the matter before a judge whenever he or she chose. And imagine that the neighbor has [...]

Sex Crime, Sex Crimes, and Sex Offenders – A Florida Community Provides Homes for Registered Sex Offenders

In the 1990s, Florida began the practice of sex offender registries. The purpose of the sex offender registry was and is to protect the community from people who society deems are a recurring threat. Now at least 20 states have sex offender registry programs, where those convicted of sex crimes or sex offenses must register [...]

Stealing Documents in a Court Room

This is pretty ridiculous. Back in October, a court camera caught a Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy stealing documents out of a Defense Attorney’s file in a Phoenix Court Room. What was pretty remarkable was how calm the judge was. The judge should’ve been up off the bench, ordering a return of the documents, and ordering [...]