by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 4, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
A little more than a year after he and his friend were in a single-car accident in Durham, a former Duke University student stood in front of a judge and pleaded guilty to felony death by vehicle. Police reports indicate he had been driving 30 miles an hour above the... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 18, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
As the state catches its breath and starts the clean-up from Saturday’s tornadoes, a 21-year-old Raleigh man sits in the Wake County jail on an $80,500 bond. The storm claimed at least 21 lives. The police say the Raleigh man is responsible for the death of one... by Michelle Sparrow | Mar 3, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The trial of the former doctor we discussed in our February 24th post ended Wednesday when the judge sentenced the man to three years in prison. The jury did not buy the prosecution’s argument that the man had committed second-degree murder. Instead, they...