Drug trafficking, child pornography, and terrorism charges are the three most harshly punished crimes in the federal criminal system. If you've been accused of any of these crimes, you should consult with a Raleigh federal lawyer, Raleigh federal criminal lawyer, Raleigh criminal lawyer, or North Carolina criminal lawyer as soon as possible. You can ...
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Internet Criminal Lawyer Raleigh
There are many different types of Internet crimes, including child pornography, wire fraud, copyright crimes, trademark crimes, bank fraud, and other kinds of theft or embezzlement. If you've been accused of using your computer or the internet to commit a crime, it's important for you to find an attorney who is very familiar with ...
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, clerk, officer, or other agent by the alleged victim. A Raleigh embezzlement case typically involves an employee - someone with access ...
Modifying Bonds in North Carolina
I'll paraphrase a question I recently was asked: My son has a $500,000 bond trying to get it reduced. He as a court appointed lawyer. I need to know the steps to getting a bond reduction and how long does it take. These are not steps you should take. They are steps his lawyer should take. Basically ...
Cruel and usual: a life sentence for a 17-year-old
The United States Supreme Court issued an important opinion last week involving the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Eighth Amendment - in addition to prohibiting excessive bail - prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment." Most people are familiar with that prohibition because of the continuing controversy over whether the death penalty ...
Types of Immunity
In criminal law, there are two types of immunity. The first is called "use immunity" and the second is called "transaction immunity." These kinds of immunity provide varying degrees of protection. In general, transaction immunity is much broader, and therefore far more protective. Generally immunity is offered by a prosecutor in exchange ...
iPhone: Criminal Probe Underway
Interesting story out of California. Gizmodo, a tech website, obtained a lost prototype of the new iPhone. They disassembled it, posted pictures, and a review of its contents. Unfortunately, Apple was not pleased. In response, it first asked California law enforcement authorities to conduct a raid on the Gizmodo editor's home, confiscated his ...
DWI Lawyer Raleigh: Tricked out DWI Recliner Auctioned for $3,700
A crazy story out of Minnesota about a motorized recliner that was involved in a DWI incident: Previous attempts by Proctor police to sell the chair were foiled -- once when it was erroneously advertised on eBay as a La-Z-Boy model. Then in a do-over, the winning bidder backed out on his $10,999 offer. Kyte ...
Raleigh Criminal Lawyer: DA, Educators Caution Against Sexting in Raleigh
Should teenagers engage in "sexting"? Obviously no. There's a lot that can go wrong, including inappropriate pictures being sent beyond the close circle of friends... or ending up on the internet. But should a teenager who sends around an inappropriate picture of him or herself be criminal charged for child pornography. You'd think ...
10 essential iPad apps for the lawyer
The iPad promises to change the way lawyers practice the law. Here are 10 essential iPad apps that any lawyer should have. iWork for iPad - $30 or $10 for each of the three apps - includes a word processor (Pages), a spreadsheet application (Numbers), and a presentation application (Keynote). This suite of ...