Articles Posted in DUI

Modified Transcript of “Reasonable Suspicion To Stop” for Hearing Impaired: . . .By a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the person seized is engaged in criminal activity. Reid v. Georgia, 448 U.S. 438, 440 (1980).   Any time I’m analyzing a DUI defense I generally break my assessment into four…

Modified Transcript of “Telling Truth To Lawyer” for Hearing Impaired: In criminal cases, whether it’s a DUI or a misdemeanor, even a felony – heck, even traffic tickets – it’s not unusual to have a client later fess up when they’re talking to us in the office and say “I…

  See Judge Miller’s Administrate Order:  Magistrate Videoconferencing   North Carolina General Statute NCGS 20-16.2 “Implied Consent to Chemical Analysis” sets forth some of the different protocols we follow in North Carolina in obtaining a Blood Alcohol Content BAC and/or an BrAC or “Breath Alcohol Content” and reads in relevant part:…

When someone you love is arrested and taken to the Mecklenburg County Detention Center (Jail), one of the first questions families ask is simple and urgent, “Will a lawyer go see them in jail?” The answer is yes, attorneys routinely visit clients at the jail. Defense counsel are authorized to…

  Considerations in Selecting An Attorney to Help Attorney Bill Powers is the managing partner of Powers Law Firm PA, pllc in Charlotte, North Carolina.  He is a regular commentator on developing legal trends, laws, court procedures, trials and pending legislation on North Carolina Law Talk.  Bill is the Vice…

  Beer Batter Defense Fishy A 75-year-old Wisconsin man has come up with a whopper of a DWI defense.  It was the fried fish. Yah, not so much.  In the South, we’d say, “That dog won’t hunt.”  If you’re a cheesehead from Wisconsin, that means the same thing as “Malarkey.” There…

The North Carolina Ignition Interlock Device (IID), sometimes referred to as the “Blow-and-Go,” may be required in certain DUI DWI Impaired Driving Offenses NCGS 20-179.3 and Conditions of Restoration following a Department of Transportation / Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Hearing.  Monitech is one of three companies authorized by the State of…