by Michelle Sparrow | May 9, 2014 | Criminal Law Blog, Theft Crimes
If you’ve ever played the lottery in North Carolina, then the price you paid for a ticket went to fund the state’s education system. That is, unless you played without paying for a ticket. A young woman in Raleigh is accused of just that. Authorities claim... by Michelle Sparrow | May 7, 2014 | Criminal Law Blog, Theft Crimes
Investigators recently made a connection between two adults who were charged with shoplifting and armed robbery and a 38-year-old who is accused of running a retail theft ring. At this point, the three have all been charged, but investigators believe more arrests tied... by Michelle Sparrow | May 1, 2014 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
What might drive a person to try to kill someone else? There may be many reasons. Among them may be that the person who is alleged to have committed the crime suffers from some mental disease. If it should turn out that such a condition did contribute to an alleged... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 25, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
We are continuing our discussion a lawsuit filed by a former analyst for the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab. The analyst, Duane Deaver, was linked to a number of cases that independent reviewers found problems with. The SBI fired him,... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 24, 2014 | Criminal Defense
The Raleigh News & Observer won a national award for its investigative report about the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab. The multi-part story, published in 2010, was riveting, and it led to major changes at the SBI. An independent...