by Aaron Lee | May 10, 2013 | DUI & DWI
The Prayer for Judgment Continued (PJC) is typically used in cases that involve traffic infractions or minor criminal charges. If a PJC is granted it keeps the underlying charge from being recorded against the defendant. Instead of pleading either guilty or not...
by Aaron Lee | May 10, 2013 | DUI & DWI
The police may arrest you even though you have a BAC of less than .08. When police decide to make an arrest for DWI they do so as a result of the evidence they have that you are driving impaired. Police make this determination by administering field sobriety tests...
by Aaron Lee | May 10, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
Reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle, in the state of North Carolina, requires an officer to have objective articulable suspicion to initiate the traffic stop; however, it must be more than a mere hunch. Cases can be challenged on such grounds, and while it can be...
by Aaron Lee | May 10, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
Many offenses in the state of North Carolina may be pleaded down; however, the District Attorney is not generally allowed to dismiss or offer a plea bargain to a lesser charge if an offender has been charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI). The District Attorney...
by Aaron Lee | May 9, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
Davidson County, North Carolina has announced the arrest numbers for the region during the Booze It & Lost It campaign over the past holiday season. The campaign ran from December 7th through January 2nd, and was aimed at keeping intoxicated drivers off the...
