by Michelle Sparrow | May 12, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
We are returning to the story about the former North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation employee and his lawsuit alleging the SBI fired him without cause. Duane Deaver, a crime lab analyst, claimed that he was merely a scapegoat for the agency after the... 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 | Aug 24, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Crimes
A 2009 Supreme Court ruling has had a significant impact on how some North Carolina criminal matters are processed. The case,Melendez-Diaz vs. Massachusetts, requires lab technicians to present evidence in court, rather than by affidavit, in certain criminal trials.... by Michelle Sparrow | Jul 27, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
When a reporter from North Carolina’s WRAL-TV sat down with Daniel Green in 1998, five years had passed since authorities had found the body of basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s father, and three years had passed since Green and another man were... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 17, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
North Carolina legislators are gearing up for the beginning of the General Assembly’s next session. On Jan. 30, lawmakers will gather with a clean slate before them — well, relatively clean. While any bills left pending at the end of the 2012 session...