by Michelle Sparrow | Oct 13, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Last month, we posted about a Wake County court’s refusal to reduce the bail for a 34-year-old woman charged with killing her boyfriend. The defendant gained unfortunate notoriety in 2006 when she accused members of the Duke University lacrosse team of rape. The... by Michelle Sparrow | Jun 30, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 term concluded, legal analysts and court watchers have a lot of complicated opinions to hash out. The Health Care Act opinion may have stolen the thunder of every other opinion handed down this week, but one ruling deserves the... by Michelle Sparrow | Jun 27, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
In its last week of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that could have a significant impact on the lives of some North Carolina offenders. The court ruled that a mandatory sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole is... by Michelle Sparrow | Jun 2, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
In North Carolina, manslaughter is considered a killing without malicious intent. This means that in order to be convicted of murder or homicide, one must have killed someone intentionally. Therefore, when investigators are presented with a killing, they must help... by Michelle Sparrow | Feb 22, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction released data this past week indicating that student crime is on the rise statewide, generally from the use of alcohol and drugs while on a public campus. According to law enforcement officers, students are more...