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Mayor whose voting were rights stripped after conviction in hot water for voting anyway

Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?   Former Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon found himself back in federal court in Charlotte last Thursday, where he faced the same federal district court judge who sentenced him to 44…

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Media outlets move to unseal records of cellphone, wireless-device surveillance

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can I be arrested without evidence against me?”   Two Mecklenburg County Superior Court judges have indicated that they may be willing to unseal court records detailing how law-enforcement officers have used secret surveillance of cellphones and other wireless…

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Trend sees elected officials picking and choosing the laws they will enforce

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can I be arrested without evidence against me?”   Bill Stevenson became the latest North Carolina magistrate to resign his post in the wake of court rulings that paved the way for same-sex marriages to being in the Tar…

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Businesses face civil and criminal penalties for refusing same-sex business

Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?   Officials in a northern Idaho city have threatened two citizens with arrest, fines and imprisonment after the citizens “politely declined” a same-sex couple’s request to be married at their…

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City backs away from attempt to seize sermons from pastors who objected to ordinance

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.…

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Fall foliage playing unexpected role in hunt for accused cop killer

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…

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Disturbing trend sees disaffected youths joining terrorist fighters abroad

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…

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Young woman plans to commit suicide on Nov. 1, wants others to have the same right

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,…

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Male student’s “epic threesome” with teachers should spark outrage, police say

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…

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FBI’s fake defendant and his gun charge take down two Philadelphia judges

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…

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