by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 10, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
In our last post, we were discussing the progress made by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s efforts to implement changes promised by leadership following an investigative news story and an audit last summer. It will come as no surprise to many... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 8, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab had followed policies and indulged in practices that a Raleigh newspaper and an independent auditor found were unethical, scientifically unsound, biased or all three. Leadership promised immediate... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 2, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
In August of 2009, a Raleigh man slowed his Jeep Cherokee to make a left turn. Another car, driven by a 34-year-old Louisburg man, smashed into the Jeep and left. The police caught up with him a short time later and put him under arrest. He was drunk, and now he was... 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...