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Drunk Driving Wake County

In most drunk driving cases in Wake County, the District AttorneyA District Attorney is the represented of the State, usually elected by the people of a judicial district, to prosecute crimes on behalf of the State. The Wake County District Attorney is Colon Willoughby, Jr. A District Attorney usually has a staff, including assistant district…

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Don’t Drive A State Car While Drunk

Here’s a thought. Don’t drive a state vehicle while drunk! A Illinois politician had to give up his state car when his son, who was driving said car, was arrested for driving while impaired. If you’re accused of a DWIA DWI is a Driving While Impaired offense. It is more commonly referred to as drunk…

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Confrontation Clause and DWI Cases – Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

For years North Carolina, like many states, permitted the State to introduce the results of a DWI defendant’s breath test. That meant that the Defendant’s attorney would have no opportunity to question the breath analyst on the stand about the procedure used, whether the breath analyst was certified at the time the test was [...]

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What is Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Normally if someone is picked up for a misdemeanor drug charge, he is charged with two crimes: simple possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. The paraphernalia charge is the more serious of the two charges. Misdemeanor possession of marijuana is a class 3 misdemeanor.
Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia is a Class [...]

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What is Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Normally if someone is picked up for a misdemeanor drug charge, he is charged with two crimes: simple possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. The paraphernalia charge is the more serious of the two charges. Misdemeanor possession of marijuana is a class 3 misdemeanor.
Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia is a Class [...]

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What Happens When You are Charged with a DWI Raleigh?

You will be told about the charges against you by a Magistrate. A Magistrate in North Carolina is not a judge. Rather, a Magistrate is a “judicial officer” of the District Court – North Carolina’s lowest court. A Magistrate’s role is to provide an independent, unbiased review of the police officer’s charges.
In reality, a [...]

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DWI vs. DUI. Is there a difference?

Different states call drunk driving by different names. Some states use the term “Driving Under the Influence” (DUI), and other states use the term “Driving While Impaired” or “Driving While Intoxicated” (DWI). Still other states have other acronyms, such as “Operating Under the Influence” (OUI).
It doesn’t matter what the offense is called. Each state [...]

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Hiring a Good Raleigh DWI lawyer…

If you’ve recently been stopped for a DWI, you’ve probably received dozens – or hundreds – of letters from lawyers, advertising their services and their prices.
No lawyer can guarantee an outcome. Avoid letters where the lawyer promises a result. And just because you pay more for a lawyer doesn’t mean you’ll get a better [...]

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New York leads the way with tougher DWI, drunk driving laws

In North Carolina, driving with a child under the age of 18 in your car at the time you were impaired is considered a “grossly aggravating factor” for which the judge must impose a Level 1 punishment as of December 1, 2011. Level 2 is also a severe sentencing level under North Carolina’s misdemeanor statute….

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Drunk driving! Is a golf cart considered a vehicle?

Out of Nebraska comes tragic news of Kim McIllece, a woman who is accused of driving a golf cart while drunk. When McIllece couldn’t avoid a culvert, the cart flipped over and killed a passenger, her friend Debi Deines. Her lawyer argues that Nebraska DUI and drunk driving laws shouldn’t apply to McIllece because a golf…

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