When someone is pulled over by police on suspicion of DWI, one of the things society has come to expect are standardized field sobriety tests, but many don’t actually understand the tests role in the investigation. Furthermore, most don’t know that they can and should refuse to do these tests. When an officer asks you…
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The ‘Carolina Squat’ trucks and the move to make them illegal. Can they get away with it? So, an interesting piece of legislation is moving its way through North Carolina’s House of representatives. Specifically, House Bill 692 would restrict certain lifts that are certain distances from the manufacturer’s original height. So, for those that enjoy…
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I was driving down the road when I saw the truck in the picture above and I thought it was worth it to give some information as it pertains to your Miranda rights. Now, I imagine that most of you all are familiar with the “Miranda Warning.” It goes like this ‘You have the right to remain…
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Superior Court Trials In part two of our trial series, we looked at how district court trials work. This blog will focus on Superior Court trial procedure. If you read our previous blog about district court trials, you’ll know that in Superior Court you have the choice of either a bench trial (when the judge…
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Part 2: Criminal Trial Procedure in District Court In our previous blog post about the differences between bench and jury trials we went over how they differ. This blog will go over how a trial actually works. Remember, district and superior court have different rules and procedures. Cases in District Court usually do not start…
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