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...
by Aaron Lee | May 9, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
When someone has consumed too much alcohol and decides to get behind the wheel of a vehicle, that person’s intoxication creates serious risks to others on the road. Headlines throughout the country are filled with instances of intoxicated drivers who have...
by Aaron Lee | May 9, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
Video recording in police cars has become more and more widespread throughout North Carolina in recent years. The major benefit of such a system is that the video illustrates the interaction between officers and suspects. Such recordings have proven to be invaluable...
by Aaron Lee | May 9, 2013 | DUI & DWI, Felony DUI
In the state of North Carolina, there are two machines that have been approved as admissible in court after registering a breathalyzer-test sample. The first one is the EC/IR II and the other is the Intoxilyzer 5000. Both are used to take the breath sample of a DWI...
