Year: 2016

Nine years ago, 18-year-old Christopher John Palmeri was found to have been under the influence of alcohol when he crashed and killed a Wakefield High School student. He then pled guilty for manslaughter and was sentenced to five months in jail, five years on probation, and 300 hours in community…

Earlier this year, the so-called “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch faced deportation charges after being caught with his mother in Mexico in December. The 18-year-old Couch was serving a term of probation after being involved in a drunk-driving incident that killed four people in 2013. Couch’s drunk-driving case drew national attention…

Mexican Drug Trade Moves Into North Carolina We’ve spoken about drugs before on this blog. As a firm that practices criminal law, drug and alcohol offenses are among the most frequent reasons we end up standing next to defendants in court. Although most of the time, criminal defense attorneys interact…