I’ve talked previously about how police officers need to have a reasonable articulable suspicion that a crime is afoot in order to stop a car traveling down North Carolina’s roads – in Raleigh, Cary, Apex, for instance, or in any other part of Wake County.
Assume for a moment that the police officer has a valid [...]
Tag Archive: drunk driving
DWI Stops in Raleigh, Cary and Apex: Phase II Detection
DWI Checkpoints – Protecting your Rights in Raleigh, Cary, or Apex
Charlotte police officers arrested dozens over the weekend on charges of Driving While Impaired (DWI), also known as driving under the influence (DUI), or simply drunk driving. I've received calls about a Raleigh police checkpoint over this past weekend as well. If you've stopped at a drunk driving checkpoint in Wake County, or surrounding ...
DUI Lawyer Cary, Apex, Raleigh
I've got a introduction I'm going to post shortly about drunk driving, DUI, and DWI laws in North Carolina. As I've commented before, DUI laws are pretty harsh in North Carolina and vigorously enforced in Wake County. This combination of harsh laws and vigorous enforcement means that it's crucial to find a tough, professional ...
North Carolina DUI and .08 Blood Alcohol Level
Most people think that if you blow below a .08 on the breathalyzer, that you can't be convicted of drunk driving. Not true. In North Carolina and, now, all states, a .08 blood alcohol level is per se drunk driving. That means that, provided the jury believes that you blew a .08, that the machine was ...
Raleigh Drunk Driving Does Not Need to Lead to a Conviction
A DUI conviction is a very expensive, not to mention potentially damaging, event. Just because you've been arrested on a police officer's suspicion that you were driving while drunk, you should try to challenge the arrest by seeking a competent attorney. Here's a little video that dramatizes the problem of DUI arrests. If The Chetson Firm ...
Father arrested for DUI after bailing out son
It's no fun to spend a night in jail, so when Trevor Brown of Gothenburg, Nebraska called his father after being picked up for drunk driving, he was probably relieved when his dad agreed to come down to the jail to bail him out. Problem was, dad was also drunk, and when he arrived at ...