by Gilles Law | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
Sentencing hearing in North Carolina – In North Carolina, criminal convictions follow structured sentencing governed by the North Carolina misdemeanor sentencing guidelines and North Carolina felony sentencing guidelines. These guidelines give the judge a range...
by Gilles Law | Feb 21, 2020 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
Organized retail theft – In North Carolina, theft crimes are numerous and varying. Most people have heard of larceny and shoplifting. Additionally, the concepts of obtaining property under false pretenses and financial card theft are not difficult to understand....
by Gilles Law | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
Identity theft is a popular crime that seems to get more popular as time passes because of advances of technology, the lack of privacy of the social media era, and the ease with which people can obtain your personal information. Every jurisdiction in the United...
by Gilles Law | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
In North Carolina, felonious restraint is a Class F felony. This crime involves unlawfully restraining another person without consent and moving that person by transporting them in a vehicle or some other conveyance. To constitute felonious restraint, the restraint...
by Gilles Law | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog Posts, NC Criminal Defense
“Revenge porn” (disclosure of private images in NC) – In North Carolina, it is against the law to disclose private images of someone if the disclosure is being used to harass, coerce, demean, humiliate, or cause financial loss to the person. This crime is...