Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime? A group of Texas pastors who participated in a political effort to repeal a controversial city ordinance have been targeted by pro bono attorneys representing the City of Houston.…
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I have an outstanding warrant, what should I do?” North Carolina is not the only state that boasts of rich fall foliage painting its Appalachian hillsides and mountains annually. Now one eastern seaboard state is counting on…
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I talk to the police?” Notes urging loved ones not to give away your criminal plans are never a good idea, especially if you do not want to get caught. This is something would-be ISIS fighter Mohammed…
Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime? A 29-year-old terminally ill woman is shining her light on “dying with dignity,” a cause she hopes she furthers when she kills herself on November 1. On that date,…
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC responds to “The person that called the police doesn’t want to press charges, can I still be prosecuted?” Some in the media have suggested that the latest teacher-student-sex case to make national news is a victimless crime. The case involves a…
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I ever plead guilty to a charge?” In May 2012, Officer John Snyder pulled over 40-year-old David Khoury after he spotted the man driving erratically down a busy stretch of Torresdale Avenue in Holmesberg, Pennsylvania. When he…
Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I simply intend to plead guilty, why do I need a lawyer?” Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers arrested two Charlotte eye doctors on Tuesday and charged them with trafficking in opiates, obtaining a…
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I talk to the police?” Bradley Cooper—not the actor—was convicted of first-degree murder in 2011 after a 36-day trial that featured testimony from over 100 witnesses. That was all for naught. The Court of Appeals overturned the…
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…