by Michelle Sparrow | Jun 16, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Crimes
Whenever the FBI gets involved in an investigation of a possible drug conspiracy, agents will usually investigate over a long period of time as they gather enough evidence to put forth a seemingly overwhelming prosecution against those accused of being involved in the... by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 27, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision this week regarding GPS tracking of a criminal suspect, just one of the many criminal cases before the Court this term. The ruling upheld the lower court opinions that police need a search warrant before they can use... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 18, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
We have been talking about a criminal case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. The defendant in the underlying case claims that police violated his Fourth Amendment right to privacy when they planted a GPS device on his car and tracked his comings and goings for... by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 26, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Possession
It’s not often that someone pays his $25,000 bond in cash, but it’s not often, either, that an ex-student from North Carolina State University is arrested with 26 pounds of marijuana in his car. The man was arrested on a traffic stop by a state trooper in... by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 26, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Crimes
Most of the time, people are not arrested for drug charges during a police drug bust or sting operation. Instead, many people who are charged with drug possession or trafficking are arrested after police pull them over on the road. On Monday, August 24, North Carolina...