by Michelle Sparrow | Feb 29, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The retrial of accused killer Jason Young may be near an end. Defense counsel is expected to wrap up tomorrow, and court watchers believe the case could head to the jury on Friday. The trial opened in Raleigh on Feb. 6, eight months after the defendant’s first... by Michelle Sparrow | Jul 20, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
At the end of June, a Wake County judge declared a mistrial in a highly publicized Raleigh-area criminal case. The 37-year-old defendant was accused of the murder of his pregnant wife. After three days of deliberating, the jury was unable to come to a decision. The... by Michelle Sparrow | Jun 28, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
If it’s summer, it must be checkpoint season. The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced the results of its Memorial Day Click It or Ticket campaign last week, just a few days before the Fourth of July “Booze It & Lose It:... by Michelle Sparrow | Jun 6, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
Highway patrol officers were called to two accident sites in Wake County this weekend that will change the lives of a few families forever. Officers and arrest reports attributed the first accident to driving while impaired and the second to excessive speed. The first... by Michelle Sparrow | Feb 24, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The Wake County trial of a doctor involved in a fatal crash has grabbed local headlines. The charges of driving while impaired and second-degree murder are based on police allegations that the defendant’s blood alcohol content was nearly twice the 0.08 limit and...