House Bill 307, known as Iryna’s Law, took effect December 1, 2025, and represents perhaps the most significant statutory reform to North Carolina’s pretrial release framework in decades. The legislation emerged in response to a high-profile homicide in Charlotte and puts into effect sweeping changes to bail procedures, pretrial detention…
Search the phrase “per se DWI North Carolina,” and the results look deceptively confident. AI summaries and legal directories will tell you that if your blood test hits a certain number, a conviction is inevitable. It is not the language of the statute. It is not the language used to…
When is video evidence admissible? Quick Take: In North Carolina vs. Ramsey (COA25-145, filed Oct. 1, 2025), the Court of Appeals approved admission of a short cell-phone clip for illustrative purposes: Eyewitness testified it fairly and accurately depicted what was observed Court treated missing chain links as issues of weight…
One of the most common misconceptions in criminal cases is the belief that charges will automatically be dismissed if police fail to read Miranda rights. That belief, often shaped by television and popular culture, rarely reflects how Miranda operates under North Carolina criminal law. Miranda rights are an important constitutional…
Expert testimony can play a pivotal role in DUI charges in North Carolina. In part, that’s because allegations of impaired driving often involve complicated scientific, forensic evidence and technical procedures—such as chemical breath tests, blood alcohol analyses, and field sobriety testing—that lay jurors or even judges may not fully understand.…