I put together this short YouTube video which explains my approach to DWI (Driving While Impaired) or DUI/Drunk Driving offenses in Raleigh, Cary, Apex and other parts of Wake County.
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Tag Archive: DUI/DWI
YouTube Video Explaining My Approach to Driving While Impaired Cases
What Constitutes Reasonable Articulable Suspicion to Initiate a DWI Stop?
“Reasonable articulable suspicion” is the standard that an officer must meet in order to stop a vehicle. A officer must have a “reasonable articulable suspicion” that criminal activity is taking place. In this case, that a person is driving while impaired (DWI).
In State v. Battle, the North Carolina Court of Appeals wrote said that a [...]
What Clues Can Lead an Officer to have Cause to Stop a Car in North Carolina?
Most DWI (Driving While Impaired) stops occur when a police officer sees a car that is motion. The officer may notice that the car is weaving, or that the driver is violating some other law: for instance, headlights are not operating, the car runs a red light, or the officer runs the plates and finds [...]
Requesting Limited Driving Privileges following a DWI in Wake County
If your license was revoked at the time of a DWI arrest, you can request limited driving privileges from the court. This article explains how to get limited driving privileges at the Wake County Courthouse, which is where you’d need to go if you were arrested in Apex, Cary, or Raleigh or other area of [...]
Reasonable Articulable Suspicion in a DWI Case – Raleigh, Apex, Cary, NC
DWI (Driving While Impaired) cases follow a pretty standard formula. Police make thousands of car stops a year in Wake County, and each stop resulting in an arrest for DWI or drunk driving in Raleigh, Cary or Apex, NC generally follows the same pattern. Your DWI lawyer will probably follow this general approach in defending [...]
DWI Checkpoints in North Carolina already netting Drunk Drivers
Booze It and Loose It checkpoints are already netting DWI arrestees. This out of Guilford County where 18 were arrested earlier this month on charges of driving while impaired.
Police can establish checkpoints. The Supreme Court has okay-ed the practice. But police must abide by the constitution, which means that the checkpoint must be consistent with [...]
DWI Checkpoints in North Carolina already netting Drunk Drivers
Booze It and Loose It checkpoints are already netting DWI arrestees. This out of Guilford County where 18 were arrested earlier this month on charges of driving while impaired.
Police can establish checkpoints. The Supreme Court has okay-ed the practice. But police must abide by the constitution, which means that the checkpoint must be consistent with [...]
Booze it and Lose it: Wake County’s DWI Prevention Checkpoints
For decades local police departments in North Carolina, as is true of nearly all states, conduct randomized checkpoints to be on the look out for those who are driving drunk. Over the next two weeks, expect check points in to check for DWI or drunk drivers in Cary, Apex, Raleigh and the rest of Wake [...]
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 [...]
History of Drunk Driving
We interrupt this program… to bring you a little history of drunk driving.
In 1897, barely 10 years after the invention of the automobile, a 25-year old London taxi driver named George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building. He later pled guilty and was fined [...]