by Aaron Lee | Oct 24, 2014 | General
In North Carolina, there are many types of defenses to a Driving While Impaired (“DWI”) charge. One such challenge is a pretrial motion based on a case called State v. Knoll which dealt with the dismissal of the charges against the Defendant due to a violation of the...
by Aaron Lee | Oct 15, 2014 | General
Last week the North Carolina General Assembly convened for its 2014 “short session”, in which the legislature will only consider certain types of bills, including budgetary matters and those that were approved by one chamber (either House or Senate) last year, but not...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 27, 2014 | DUI & DWI
Arrest Quotas for DWI With all of the press lately about DWI arrests and increase in DWI checkpoints around Charlotte, it is little wonder that people might get the idea that police have mandatory quotas for arrests. Fortunately, there are no quotas. However, police...
by Aaron Lee | Apr 14, 2014 | Criminal Defense
If an officer asks you if he or she can search your vehicle your answer should always be no. An officer may ask you at any time if they can search you or any of your other property including vehicles but they key is that you have the right to say no. Even if you do...
by Aaron Lee | Apr 14, 2014 | DUI & DWI
If you have been pulled over and the police officer suspects you are intoxicated he is likely to ask you complete field sobriety testing. Having to complete these tests may be very nerve-wrecking and if you are not legally intoxicated the fear of failing these may be...