by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 19, 2011 | Assault, Criminal Law Blog
A 20-year-old Raleigh woman is accused of firing several shots during a dispute outside of a bingo parlor earlier this month. Police say the shots ended up almost hitting a sleeping fireman in a nearby fire station. The woman originally faced charges of assault with a... by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 17, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
This week, a House judiciary committee of the North Carolina General Assembly held its first hearing on a bill that seeks to make harming a fetus at any stage of the pregnancy a much more serious crime. The bill, known as House Bill 215, would allow a person charged... by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 11, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
We’re continuing our discussion of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s review of the Cary Police Department’s part in a February hostage situation. The suspect apparently did not intend to rob the bank, and he pretended he had a gun... by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 8, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Theft Crimes
On February 10, 2011, officers of the Cary Police Department’s emergency response team shot and killed a 19-year-old man as he emerged from a bank with a hostage. The ordeal had lasted for three hours, from the moment the man walked into the bank, placed a knit... by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 3, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The trial of the former doctor we discussed in our February 24th post ended Wednesday when the judge sentenced the man to three years in prison. The jury did not buy the prosecution’s argument that the man had committed second-degree murder. Instead, they...