by Aaron Lee | Aug 2, 2013 | Criminal Defense, General
The North Carolina legislature recently agreed on a budget that is expected to be approved and signed by Governor McCrory. One change in the budget that will affect attorneys and defendants is the re-classification of certain misdemeanors. Anyone who is facing a...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 30, 2013 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
If you are charged with DWI that in no way means you will or should be found guilty. The charge is just a beginning step in the process of determining if you should be convicted. Every individual case will vary but there are almost challenges of the evidence that...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 27, 2013 | Criminal Defense
It is true that in most cases if police have obtained a search warrant it is likely that any evidence they obtained as a result will be admissible in court. In order to obtain a search warrant police must have probable cause and state with particularity what exactly...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 27, 2013 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
Police must first have probable cause or reasonable suspicion before they can initiate a traffic stop. Usually the traffic stop is going to be for some type of traffic offense such as speeding, following too closely, failure to yield…etc. In DWI cases the stop may...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 18, 2013 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
The North Carolina Supreme Court recently made a decision the case of State v. Brent that asked them to decide whether a lab test could be admissible in court if the person who conducted was not available to testify. Ultimately the court decided that someone other...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
If you are convicted of a DWI in North Carolina there are a variety of factors a judge may consider in determining what level of punishment is appropriate. The factors are generally categorized as grossly aggravating factors, aggravating factors, and mitigating...
