Know Your Rights – what you can and cannot do during a police encounter Rights during a police encounter – Long before a criminal defense lawyer has a chance to become involved in a case, a criminal defendant has many important and on-the-spot decisions to...
Sometimes people call us, give the set of circumstances that they are facing, and then they ask, “Should I even bother to hire an attorney?”. The answer to that question is always yes, and it’s not because asking an attorney if you need an attorney is similar to...
How long do I have to decide if I’m going to take a plea? – Criminal charges can be some of the scariest and most stressful things that someone can ever go through. A lot of decisions come with the situation, including, but not limited to, whether to hire an...
There is a lot of confusion as to what a criminal defense attorney does. In fact, we often joke that everyone hates a criminal defense attorney until they need one. The truth of the matter is that criminal defense attorneys play a very important role in our legal...
When you have been accused of a crime, legally speaking, it’s just that – an accusation. You have been accused. Make no mistake that those accusations go a long way, but they are still treated as just accusations because you are presumed innocent until you are found...
Accessory after the fact in North Carolina – There are several ways that people can be charged with a crime. Sure, most of the time is it because the government is claiming that the person committed the specific acts related to that crime, however it doesn’t...
