by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 10, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
While law enforcement officers have many ways of charging someone with DWI in North Carolina, there are also many defenses to the charge. One of the defenses was used in a criminal case against the former chief executive of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority,... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 14, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
An arrest for a minor offense is usually handled quickly. Most of the 700,000 arrests on nonviolent, non-drug-related criminal charges every year go right to a judge, and the suspects are released immediately. If a judge is not available, though, the suspects are held... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 11, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
We are continuing our discussion of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could change the way jails operate across the country. Critics are astounded that the court upheld the 3rd U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that allowed jails to strip search incoming detainees... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 7, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
North Carolina’s defense attorneys and prosecutors alike were probably taken by surprise earlier this week when they learned the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a detainee in a county jail may be subjected to a strip search regardless of the severity of the... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 30, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Beginning in January, North Carolina offenders sentenced to six months or less will serve their time in county jails rather than the state’s prisons. Offenders sentenced to 90 days or less will still serve their time in county jails, but those convicted of more...