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DWI Expenses in Wake County

If you’ve been stopped in Cary, Apex, Raleigh or any other part of Wake County on a DWI, be prepared for a long, and expensive process. That’s because, as I’ve explained elsewhere on this website, the Wake County District Attorney rarely dismisses a DWI charge, and rarely reduces the DWI charge to a lesser charge [...]

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The pressure to plead in Wake County. Piling up the charges.

Most people don’t realize that the severe penalties that are attached to many crimes in North Carolina and in the United States create real pressure on defendants to plead guilty, even when they are not guilty of the crime. Ironically, offering a defendant a very “sweet” or favorable pleaA plea agreementA plea agreement is usually…

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10 Reasons to Talk to a Raleigh Criminal Lawyer

There are good criminal lawyers out there, particularly in Apex, Cary, and Raleigh, North Carolina.  And there are good reasons to talk to a criminal lawyer if you think you might be the subject of a criminal investigation. 1) A criminal lawyer will advise you not to talk to police, not to talk to any…

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Interviewing an Apex, Cary, or Raleigh Criminal Lawyer

So you think you might be in trouble.  And you think you need a lawyer.  Do you?  The answer is: better safe that sorry.  Look, no one wants to waste money, especially on an lawyer. But talking to a lawyer is absolutely crucial early in a case.  I’ve talked to a number of potential clients…

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When Can I Be Arrested in North Carolina?

You can be arrested in one of three scenarios: 1. You can be arrested if a judge or magistrate, upon presentation of allegations by the police, issues an arrest warrant that tells the police to take you into custodyCustody is a general term used describe a condition where an individual does not feel free to…

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Wake County DUI pleas?

If you’re charged with a DUI in Wake County – Raleigh, Apex, Cary, or the other towns in the county – you have one of two options.  To agree to pleaA plea agreementA plea agreement is usually a negotiated agreement between the defendant (through his lawyer) and the prosecution where the defendant agrees to plead…

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From Speed Cameras to Tasers

The feared speed camera: it’s all-watching eye will catch you day or night speeding down the highway. In Chevy Chase, Maryland (a suburb of Washington, DC), speed cameras have turned into money-making machines.  The town has collected so many fines from speed cameras, that it now wants to use some of that money to purchase…

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Minor Traffic Offense in Wake County – Easy to Handle

Most tickets should be handled in person, in court, by talking to an assistant 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…

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Can prosecutors be sued?

In November the United States Supreme Court will hear Pottawattamie County et al. v. McGhee et al., a case dating back to 1978 that involves prosecutorial misconduct of the worst kind. The question for the Supreme Court is whether an innocent person wrongly convictedA conviction is a formal finding by a court – either following…

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