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 [...]
A Driving While Impaired (DWI) charge is the State (in this case, the State of North Carolina) claiming that a driver has driven a vehicle on a street, highway, or public area while drunk or intoxicated.
A DWI charge almost always starts with a police officer claiming that he saw the driver driving a car while [...]
If you’ve been charged with a Raleigh DWI, you certainly want to watch any internet postings you make on places such as Facebook, MySpace, or on blogs you might have. Why?
Because prosecutors and police can search for comments you’ve made as easily as anyone else. And sometimes those comments can get you into [...]