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NC Supreme Court Clarifies Expert Opinion Testimony Standards of Admissability: Impact on Criminal and DWI Defense This past June, the North Carolina Supreme Court settled controversy in North Carolina courts...

New Synthetic Narcotic Wreaking Havok on U.S. Streets When people hear the word “drugs,” they rarely think of prescription medication. The word conjures images of marijuana, heroin, and cocaine among...

Well-Known Sandwich Spokesman Gets Hit With Federal Child Pornography Charges Jared Fogle was a well-known spokesperson for the Subway sandwich chain who recently gained more notoriety than he likely ever...

If you’ve ever missed a court date for a traffic ticket or criminal charge in North Carolina, your case may have been placed in voluntary dismissal with leave status, commonly...

How the Wake County Justice System is Failing Vulnerable Defendants The Raleigh News & Observer reported on July 26, 2014 that Wake County was failing to efficiently provide inmates in...

Why North Carolina Needs to Do More About the SBI Crime Lab The North Carolina House of Representatives voted to change the position of a state law enforcement agency within...

When Mistake is No Defense: A Short Explanation of Statutory Rape Spring has finally sprung for good, and to paraphrase Tennyson, in Spring a young person’s thoughts turn to love....

Five Points to Remember when Testifying in Your Own Defense Both the United States and North Carolina Constitutions prohibit a criminal defendant from being forced to testify against himself. A...

Understanding Expunctions: A Quick Guide to Expunction Law in North Carolina There has been a lot of talk recently about changes that have been made to the laws governing expunctions...

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