by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 12, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Crimes
In our last post, we were discussing a recent Associated Press report on the unintended consequences of laws limiting the sale of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient of methamphetamine. According to the AP, the laws have created a new problem: “pill... by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 10, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Crimes
In 2005, North Carolina joined the majority of the states by passing law restricting the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine. The decongestant is a key ingredient of methamphetamine. By requiring customers to show identification and to sign a register and then... by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 7, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Two Wake County families and their criminal endeavors were in the headlines this week. Authorities don’t know the full story behind either case. In the first case, the subject of our December 22nd post, a mother and her two children are in jail in connection... by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 3, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Durham has a lot of gun crime, according to the city’s police forensics manager. In the firearms lab at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, gun and bullet evidence from Durham account for a full third of the agency’s workload. Processing the...