Is a Warrant Required? What can be searched during a search warrant? Are there Differences in Types of Warrants? Search Warrant is a type of Court Order Authorizes Law Enforcement to Conduct a Search Person, Location or Vehicle Evidence of Crime Confiscate Evidence Seize Person Click Image for Sample…
North Carolina Advocates for Justice Summer Convention 2016 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA JUNE 18 through JUNE 21, 2016 #JusticeCON SIGN UP NOW Once again NCAJ has hit it out of the park. I can’t wait until #JusticeCON – Bill Powers Wilmington Hilton Riverside After two…
Modified Transcript of “NC Law Talk – The Courts Law and Legislation 2016c” for the Hearing Impaired Bill Powers: Hi, I’m Bill Powers. I am one of the partners at Powers Law Firm PA in Charlotte, North Carolina. I’m joined with my friend Mike Daisley of Daisley Law. Mike,…
What is a Search? Are “Frisks” Legal? When Can Police Pat You Down? . . .[I]t is nothing less than sheer torture of the English language to suggest that a careful exploration of the outer surfaces of a person’s clothing all over his or her body in an attempt to…
The North Carolina General Assembly Ratified and Governor Pat McCrory signed New North Carolina Expunction of Records Law “Senate Bill 233” Effective Date December 1, 2015 Applies to Offenses Filed on or after December 1, 2015 Entitled: An Act to Provide for the Automatic Expunction of Certain Records Charges…
CLICK IMAGE TO READ MAGAZINE Powers Included on the 2016 “Top 100” North Carolina Super Lawyers List Powers Law Firm PA, a Charlotte-Metro law firm, recently received notice two attorneys for the firm have been included in 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers Magazine. Bill Powers Included on the 2016 “Top 100” North…
North Carolina Advocates for Justice nomCOMM 2016 Team Committee Chair and President Elect Bill Powers is pleased announce the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Nominating Committee or “nomCOMM” 2016 Team. The Board of Governors unanimously elected the nomCOMM Team during the January 20, 2016 BOG Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina at NCAJ…
With the holidays fast approaching and the year coming to an end, we normally sit down and start planning the next calendar year. For attorneys whom practice in the Charlotte-Metro region, we consult the Mecklenburg Court Holiday Schedule and the surrounding districts: Cabarrus County Court Gaston County Court Iredell…
Time Out! What is Probable Cause for NC DWI Cases? If you’ve been in District Court in North Carolina, most likely you’ve heard mention of two relatively recent cases that the Courts have been bantering about. “Have you heard about Townsend? That’s it, there is no such thing as PC…
Driving While Impaired cases are in-and-of-themselves complicated matters for presentation in court. When coupled with the loss of another human life, the consequences and potential for punishment(s) necessitate a careful examination of the law, facts and procedural history of the on-scene investigation. What happens in drunk driving fatality cases…