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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wake County is fortunate not to have Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I used to live in Maricopa County, Arizona, which is Arizona’s most populous county and also home to Phoenix. Maricopa County is huge, about as large as the entire state of New Hampshire.
In the “incorporated” areas – Phoenix, Tempe, Glendale, Scottsdale, Mesa and so on [...]
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 [...]
If you’ve recently been stopped for a DWI in Raleigh, Apex, or Cary or other parts of Wake County, and you’ve either refused to take a breathalyzer or blood test or have blown more than a .08, the officer likely confiscated your license. This initial pre-trial revocation lasts for thirty (30) days. At this point…
Most people I deal with have never talked to an attorney before. Or they’ve never talked to a defense lawyer about a criminal matter. Now they’re facing serious accusations – for instance, accusations that they’ve committed a sexual offense of some sort – or they’re facing a Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) charge. And naturally they…
Senator John Kerry’s daughter was arrested earlier this week in California on suspicion of drunk driving. I’ve written elsewhere about North Carolina’s Driving While Impaired (DWI) laws and how harsh they can be. As you can see, many people – even sons and daughters of famous people – have been arrested on Driving While Impaired….