by Aaron Lee | May 13, 2013 | DUI & DWI
Law enforcement in Greenville, NC set up a DWI checkpoint last weekend in an effort to deter intoxicated drivers. The checkpoint was set up on 5th Street. Police in that area have already set up several other checkpoint over the past couple months and are planning...
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 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...
