by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 24, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Possession
According to news reports around the entertainment industry, well-known rapper and lyricist Wiz Khalifa was recently arrested on drug charges on Monday night in Greenville, North Carolina, following a performance at East Carolina University. Reports detailed that... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 20, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Possession
Last July, the Marine Corps officers in North Carolina took a bold step toward controlling the use of synthetic marijuana among the troops. They told shops near Marine bases to refuse to sell K2, Spice, Triple X, Fake Weed and their kin to troops. The Corps was ahead... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 16, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
In our last post, we started to tell the story of an assistant medical examiner in Minnesota who claimed the prosecution made specific threats against her after she testified for the defense. The larger context is a nation-wide issue with state-run forensic science... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 12, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Timing is everything. The Raleigh newspaper that brought the problems at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation crime lab to light recently criticized state officials for not promptly turning over documents requested under the public records law. One of the... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 10, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
A 43-year-old Raleigh man is in jail, and his ex-wife may be sleeping a little more easily because of it. The man was arrested by Wake County sheriff’s deputies this week on suspicion of soliciting a jail inmate to murder his ex-wife. The ex-husband was...