Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “What is the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony?” A range of new laws went into effect earlier this month, some that stiffen penalties and others that actually reduce jail time for some offenses. The new laws, which were implemented on December…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “What happens if I am convicted of a DUI or DWI in North Carolina?” Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department say that they have issued more than four-dozen charges to drivers in connection with an overnight checkpoint Saturday and early Sunday morning. Police…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Is there more than one way for police to convict a DWI?” Law enforcement officials have announced that a recent raid of a nightclub in Selma, North Carolina resulted in 17 people being arrested on a range of charges from drugs to prostitution.…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Can the police search my car without a warrant?” Police officers in Boone, North Carolina say they are busy searching for two people who have been reported for stealing over-the-counter medications from a CVS pharmacy. The incident took place around 3 a.m. Monday…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Should I talk to the police?” A recent editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal took the North Carolina Medical Examiner System to task for its many problems, making the important point that law enforcement cannot be fairly or judiciously run on the cheap. The…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?” In a horrible case that reveals the serious criminal penalties that can be faced by even young children, police in Charlotte say they have charged an 11-year-old boy in connection with…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “If I have an outstanding warrant, what should I do?” A man from North Carolina is currently facing murder charges after prosecutors say that he killed his four-year-old son. In a surprising twist, his defense attorney says that he will attempt to convince…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “If I have an outstanding warrant, what should I do?” Police in Rock Hill have announced that an unlucky pair of suspected criminals is about to be on the receiving end of a mountain of criminal charges. Police say the two men have…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Do I need to hire an attorney if I have been falsely accused?” In a terribly bizarre case with North Carolina connections, a Baptist minister from Virginia has been sentenced to two year in prison for staging a fake hate crime attack on…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officers say that nineteen people have been arrested as part of a long-lasting undercover investigation into crime occurring along the I-85 Sugar Creek corridor. The area, dubbed by some…