by Aaron Lee | May 29, 2013 | Criminal Defense, Drug Crimes and Controlled Substances Defense, Felony Drug Possession
H.B. 84, a bill that would permit medicinal marijuana use for medicinal purposes, has been introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Currently eighteen other states have laws on the books which would permit marijuana use if it was prescribed by a...
by Aaron Lee | May 24, 2013 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
A teenager, who fatally struck a pedestrian in April 2012, was sentenced in Union County, North Carolina this week. The incident occurred as a pedestrian was walking home on the shoulder of the road, the teenager struck him, and he fled the scene. It was later...
by Aaron Lee | May 24, 2013 | Criminal Defense
In the recent Supreme Court decision, Missouri v. McNeely, it was decided whether police officers should be required to get a search warrant before making a DWI suspect submit to a blood test. The Court proposed that police must at least attempt to get a warrant...
by Aaron Lee | May 24, 2013 | Criminal Defense
Police in Mecklenburg County have recently released its first quarter crime rate report, which has reported that violent crime has decreased 5.3 percent. The downside of the report is that rapes have increased by 17.3 percent since the last yearly report....
by Aaron Lee | May 13, 2013 | Criminal Defense, Drug Crimes and Controlled Substances Defense, DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
A § 1983 civil rights suit has been filed in Alamance County after a Sheriff allegedly detained illegal aliens without probable cause to justify such detentions. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court alleging that the Sheriff was illegally targeting and...
by Aaron Lee | May 8, 2013 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
While many lawyers believe opening statements make or break trials, others focus on their closing argument to win cases. Consequently, here is what we think wins jury trials in DWI cases. So What is a Good Closing Argument? While every part of a jury trial is...
