by Aaron Lee | Feb 24, 2014 | Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
An important aspect of jury trials are the closing arguments that are presented by attorneys at the conclusion of the trial. This is the part where the attorney must sell their argument to the jury and argue how the evidence presented during trial best comports to...
by Aaron Lee | Jan 9, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Not necessarily. Usually when charges are pressed against someone it is up to the District Attorney to decide if the charges will be dropped before the case gets to trial. Just because the person who may have initially pursued pressing charges against someone has...
by Aaron Lee | Jan 9, 2014 | Criminal Defense
In the United States there are two major court systems, the federal and the state courts. But what is the difference between the two? Federal courts are established by the United States government and largely handle disputes regarding the Constitution or federal...
by Aaron Lee | Jan 7, 2014 | Criminal Defense
On 7/3/2012 the NC Court of Appeals reversed the decision of State v. Harwood regarding an anonymous tip amounting to reasonable suspicion for the police to make a seizure. In the original decision it was held that police were justified in handcuffing a Defendant...
by Aaron Lee | Jan 7, 2014 | Criminal Defense
A new terrorism statute has recently been enacted in North Carolina and took effect as of December 1, 2012. This new statute was designed to tighten the laws against certain violent acts and categorize them as acts of terrorism. The statue is G.S. 14 – 10.1. A...
