Category: DWI/DUI Defense
In North Carolina, if you’re driving then if charged with certain offenses you’ve given the state your “implied consent” to submit to a chemical test to check for the presence of alcohol in your system. You probably would not be surprised to learn that such an offense is known as…
North Carolina’s tough stance against DWI isn’t without good reason. Put a sober driver and an intoxicated driver on the same road and the results can be fatal. In April such a tragedy occurred in Durham and serves as a reminder of the dangers of DWI. Kelwin Biggs, a 53-year-old…
In Wake County this year, law enforcement estimates that there will be over 7000 charges for DWI filed before the end of December rolls around. Most people are aware that law enforcement uses breath samples to prove Driving While Impaired. The use of the ECIR II Intoxylizer device is in fact the…
North Carolina’s DWI laws are notably among the toughest in the nation. The Tar Heel State may be a tobacco-friendly state, but when it comes to drinking and driving, your actions may land you in a whole lot of legal trouble and in need of the services of a smart Raleigh…
Laura’s Law “Laura’s Law” was a statute passed by the N.C. General Assembly in 2011 that changed the way DWIs are sentenced in the state. The law was named for 17 year-old Laura Fortenberry, a Gaston County teenager who was killed in the summer of 2010 after the car she…
Did you know that an 8-car passenger train traveling at 80 mph needs about a mile before it will finally grind to a complete halt? Apparently, one driver in Garner was too impaired to get the memo. Police arrested 24-year-old James Harrington of Wendell after he parked his car on…
A former Assistant District Attorney in Buncombe County got his job back after spending more than six years rebuilding his reputation. According to a Citizen-Times story that ran on January 6, District Attorney Todd Williams rehired Rodney Hasty, who had been an assistant under former D.A. Ron Moore, in an inspiring tale…
What are the odds of a father and his son sharing a jail cell for the night due to drunk driving? Probably not very common, but that’s exactly what happened to Eric Sr. and Eric Darrell Eddings recently. In mid-JanuaryAsheville police arrested them within 35 minutes of each other. Eric Sr….
Last December, an Asheville woman joined 22 other drivers arrested for DWI in Buncombe County as part of North Carolina’s holiday campaign called “Booze It & Lose It.” The program is now on its 20th year of upholding road safety. This incident sheds some light on a rare, but serious…
The town manager of Zebulon, NC town is at risk of being dismissed from his post after his second DWI arrest. Police pulled over Rick Hardin in his 2008 BMW after they caught him driving 55 mph in a 35-mph zone and registering a blood alcohol content of 0.13. Following…
