by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 28, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
North Carolina was discovered in 2006 to be handling DWI cases in vastly different ways, depending on the county, and even the judge or prosecutor. This revelation brought about a law requiring the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts to share detailed DWI case... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 27, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The North Carolina crime lab is making news again, but this time it is for identifying matching strands of tinsel. Specifically, the tinsel appears to tie a murder suspect to the location at which the body of his stepmother was found. The State Bureau of Investigation... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 26, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The death penalty has equally passionate arguments on both sides. Because of this, the history of the death penalty in the United States — not to mention here in North Carolina — has been turbulent. A law professor has released a new book about the death... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 25, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Theft Crimes
Fraudulent-check offenses can come in many varieties. The most straightforward scenario involves someone who writes a check knowing the money is not, and never will be, in the account — or that the account itself does not even exist. Check fraud, however, is... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 20, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
This year’s Labor Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, which promised to crack down on suspected North Carolina drunk drivers, contributed to the nearly 2,900 drivers arrested for DWI from Aug. 16 through Sept. 2. We previously wrote about the...