by Selena Crawford | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
You may have seen on television shows where a person charged with a crime is in court and says to the judge either “guilty” or “not guilty”. This happens after a person has been arrested and charged with a crime. They will then appear in court at an arraignment and...
by Gilles Law | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Once someone has been charged with a crime there are typically only three ways the criminal case can end. Those three ways are a dismissal, a verdict at trial, or a by taking a plea. The most prevalent of those ways is the defendant taking some sort of plea. Clients...
by Gilles Law | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Changing your mind about taking a plea – We have often said there are three ways for a criminal case to end. Those three ways are; a dismissal, a trial, or a plea. The fact is that most cases end with the defendant taking a plea but it is not a process that is...
by Selena Crawford | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
Being charged with a crime is one of the scariest situations someone can be in. When that crime is a high-level felony, like discharging a firearm into occupied property (we will call is discharging a firearm, in the rest of the blog for the sake of simplicity), the...
by Gilles Law | Jul 13, 2021 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
More than any other country in the world, the United States allows its citizens to own and carry firearms. It seems to be one of the defining examples of “American freedom”. However, the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution...
