North Carolina uses a structured sentencing system for most of its criminal law. This system is a grid system where a person's prior record level and the seriousness of the current crime are used to establish a sentencing range. Within that range, the judge can set an appropriate sentence. If you have questions ...
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Weights Matter: Drug Lawyer Raleigh Suggests Weighing the Drugs
If you've been accused of trafficking, drug trafficking, or federal drug trafficking crimes in Raleigh or other parts of North Carolina, you may want to ask your Raleigh drug lawyer, or Raleigh trafficking lawyer to check on the weights of the drugs allegedly found in your possession. That's because North Carolina drug trafficking laws are based ...
Raleigh Drug Lawyer – Fighting Drug Charges in North Carolina
Whether you've been charged with having drugs Raleigh at a Widespread Panic concert, prescription drugs unlawfully in your home or dorm room, or you've been charged with trafficking in 500 pounds of marijuana or 6 kilos of cocaine, Raleigh drug charges can result in serious consequences for you and your family. If this is your first ...
Criminal lawyer Raleigh Knowingly possessing drugs…
Let’s say you’re very intoxicated. Before you got intoxicated, you put some marijuana in your pocket. Later in the evening you’re picked up for drunk and disorderly conduct, and taken to the jail for booking.
At the jail, you empty your pockets, and out tumbles the pot.
Can you be charged with Knowingly Possessing a [...]
Reforming North Carolina’s Sentencing Laws
South Carolina is reforming its sentencing laws to reduce the number of people sent to prison for lengthy sentences involving non-violent crimes.
People convicted of nonviolent crimes account for nearly half of the state’s 25,000 inmates, and nearly one in five inmates are imprisoned for drug crimes, according to the commission’s February report.
The bill’s highlights include:
1. [...]
NC Criminal Lawyer: Attorney-Client Confidentiality
Things you say to a non-lawyer may be used against you in a court of law. In particular, things you say to friends, to loved ones (depending on the relationship), to colleagues, to police, to investigators, to co-defendants, to conspirators, to enemies, etc. can and most probably will be used against you in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Putting MADD in Charge of the Nation’s Highways
Reason magazine has an article by Radley Balko about MADD and its influence in the current administration:
Hurley’s pending appointment is bad news for social drinkers, motorists, and anyone interested in freedom of movement and less hassle on the roadways. Hurley is an anti-alcohol zealot, and a longtime proponent of just about any highway regulation that’s [...]
Confidential Informants – A Secret and Corrupt System
NPR has an interesting report on the use and abuse of confidential informants.
Here’s an excerpt:
Loyola Law School professor Alexandra Natapoff, author of the new book Snitching, says the public has no clue about the thousands of informants now on the government payroll.
“It’s a very clandestine, secretive and unregulated arena that yet influences the outcome of [...]