by Gilles Law | May 8, 2018 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
State of North Carolina Versus Defendant In the North Carolina criminal justice system, all criminal cases are the State of North Carolina versus Defendant, NOT “Victim versus Defendant.” This blog explores why a complaining witness can’t just “drop the charges”. Our...
by Gilles Law | May 7, 2018 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
Affirmative Defenses in North Carolina Criminal Defense This blog explores affirmative defenses. We break down affirmative individual defenses in separate blogs, however, this blog merely explores affirmative defenses as a whole. Let’s start by explaining what an...
by Gilles Law | May 3, 2018 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
Plea Bargains in Criminal Cases When someone has been charged with a crime, that person becomes part of the criminal judicial process. Their criminal case is active until one of three things happen: the case gets dismissed; the case is resolved by trial; or the...
by Gilles Law | May 2, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Diplomatic Immunity Explained A lot of the information that people get about criminal law comes from television. Most people that have ever watched a crime drama on television have seen some scenario where a crime is committed by one to the characters and eventually...
by Gilles Law | May 1, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Fourth Amendment – Searches and the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy The Fourth Amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures. We have written blogs on the subject in the past. Today, we are going to explore this topic a little deeper. Sure, it...
