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Charged with a Crime in Raleigh, Cary, Apex or any part of Wake County?

In Wake County, North Carolina you’ll usually be charged with a crime in one of two ways. Either the police stop you believing that you are in the process of committing a crime. This could be something as simple as driving with license revoked (DWLR) or as serious as in the middle of robbing a [...]

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Criminal Lawyer Raleigh: What is the Difference Between a Lawyer and an Attorney

As the term is generally used in common day language, there is no difference between a lawyer or attorney. The terms are interchangeable, and mean the same thing. But the Associated Press Stylebook says that: A generic term for all members of the bar. An attorney is someone legally appointed or empowered to act for…

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Raleigh DWI Lawyer: Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test

The Horizontal Gaze NystagmusHGN is one of the battery of three tests that are part of NHTSA’s Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. Nystagmus is the involuntary jerking of the eyes. Nystagmus can be caused by impairment from alcohol (or other depressants). test – also known as the eye test or finger test – is considered the…

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Raleigh Criminal Lawyer: Your Rights with Police

You have certain rights when dealing with the police. It’s important for you to know and understand how to effectively take advantage of your rights. Two major rights are the right against unlawful search and seizure, and your Miranda Rights. This video explains your rights in a general way: It’s important to understand that the police…

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Raleigh Criminal Lawyer: Keeping Your Online Profile Safe

We live in an interconnected world, with social media and social networking – Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and other tools – providing the world with much more information about each of us. Such an interconnected world means that information about you that you may consider “private” may, in fact, be public. Here’s a rule of thumb:…

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Raleigh DWI Lawyer: Drugged Driving Looms as a Problem

The New York Times has an extensive front page article on the problem of drugged driving. While it’s long been illegal to drive while impaired – whether by alcohol or any other impairing substance – in North Carolina, law enforcement has focused on catching and prosecuting people who are impaired by alcohol. That’s because it’s…

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Tax Implications of an Embezzlement Raleigh

Embezzlement can have multiple different aspects. First, there is the harm caused to the victim – employer, owner, company, corporation, state agency – caused by the embezzlement Raleigh. Second, there is the loss of trust. Because embezzlement occurs where one person has been entrusted with assets – money, goods, accounts, credit cards – the theft…

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Embezzlement Raleigh: Blaming You for Everything!

In tough economic times, embezzlement becomes and even more common crime. North Carolina embezzlement law defines the crime as the taking of money or things of value that have been entrusted to an employee, clerkLorrin Freeman is the elected Clerk of Superior CourtSuperior Court is the higher of the two levels of trial court in…

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Prison Rates in the United States

In the United States we like to think we’re a free and peace loving country, and that may be true. But the United States consistently has some of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Is this because Americans are more criminal than other people? Probably not. This may be because 40 years of a drug…

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Stopping Embezzlement Charges in Raleigh

Avoiding prosecution for embezzlement is one of the things I do as part of my practice as a criminal lawyer in Raleigh. I deal with clients who either have left an employer and have been accused of stealing from the employer, or have been accused of stealing and have been fired. In either case, I…

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