Category: DWI/DUI Defense
Keeping Your Independence Day Safe and Legal Independence Day is the quintessential summer holiday – a time for family get-togethers, backyard cookouts, and fireworks. Yet every year, thousands of people across the state of North Carolina find themselves ticketed or in jail because their festivities got out of hand. Here…
Driving with 0.08 percent of alcohol in your blood (often referred to as blood-alcohol content or BAC) is enough for you to be subjected to arrest and prosecution for driving while intoxicated or DWI. Getting a 0.08 BAC reading is dependent on several factors, including weight, gender, and type of…
N.C.’s Newest DWI Red Herring Proposed colored license plate legislation is a black mark against the North Carolina General Assembly People convicted with driving while impaired have long had to suffer stigma for their misjudgment. DWIs are among the most serious charges handled at the district court level by attorneys in North Carolina,…
Dashboard Cameras and DWI Arrests Why aren’t all police cars already equipped with dashboard cameras? When it comes to defending individuals charged with driving while impaired (DWI), footage from the arresting law enforcement officer’s dashboard camera can be crucial to formulating legal strategy. The recordings taken by officers’ dash cams allow…
Driver Holding CDL Cannot be Punished Twice for NC DWI In a recent ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals on January 15, 2013 in State v. McKenzie, the court held that a person who possesses a North Carolina commercial driver’s license (CDL) cannot be punished twice by having their CDL…
Labor Day is on Monday and everyone who gets to celebrate is undoubtedly looking forward to it. While a lot of us get to enjoy the day off, law enforcement will be working hard. The police and the highway patrol will be out in full force. North Carolina will be…
Did you know that drinking and driving is legal in North Carolina? It is only illegal to drive after consuming enough alcohol to have a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more or so much alcohol that it affects your ability to control your brain or body. In other words, if you have consumed alcohol, you are…
Typically, people think of cars when it comes to DWIs. While driving automobiles are the most common way to get a DWI, you can really drive almost anything and be charged with driving while impaired. The impaired driving statute uses the term vehicle. Vehicle is defined as “every vehicle self-propelled” to run…
