DWI and Parole

In North Carolina if someone is convicted of a level 1 DWI he or she may receive 24 months in prison.   He or she should be eligible for parole after 2.4 months as long as he or she receives a full award of good time credit and has gone to substance abuse treatment...

DWI and drug use

Those of us operate a vehicle on the road know it is illegal to do so while impaired from consuming too much alcohol.  It is just as illegal to operate a vehicle while under the influence of drugs.  If you are impaired under either you may be stopped and charged with...

DWI Investigation

Generally a police officer will begin the search for DUI drivers by spotting vehicles that are driving erratically and appear suspicious.  This suspicion of DUI arises by observing how the vehicle is being operated, as in how far the driving deviates from how the...

Why does an officer pull a vehicle over for DWI?

When the officer is following the vehicle there are a variety of different erractic or abnormal behaviors that an officer will look for.  The most common is to see if the vehicle is swerving or crossing over the painted lines on the road.  This does not necessarily...