When stopping drivers for suspicion of driving while impaired, police officers cannot pull you over at random. Police officers must justify their initial stop, with what is called “articulable and reasonable suspicion.” To develop this police officers look for a traffic law violation or signs of possible imparied
Driving While Impaired (DWI) charges in North Carolina carry significant consequences, including the possibility of jail time, heavy fines, and loss of driving privileges. However, not all DWI charges lead to convictions, particularly when there are suppressible issues involved.
In 2023 Roberts Law Office was voted one of the best criminal defense law firms in Raleigh, by the News and Observer. These best in Raleigh awards are voted on each year exclusively by Raleigh residents, 562 other businesses were also recognized across 227 different voting business categories.
Attorney Edd K. Roberts III was featured in the News & Observer regarding a murder case of a young child. Mr. Roberts represented James Fidel Jennings, the boyfriend of the child's mother. The trial lasted three weeks and hinged upon whether Jennings killed the child in frustration, or whether the child choked on his own vomit.
For 2024 Attorney Edd K. Roberts III was selected by his peers as one the best lawyers in North Carolina. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research.
Edd K. Roberts III recently attained board certification in Federal Criminal Law. This achievement compliments his State Criminal Law Board Certification achieved in 2010. Less than for 4% of the approximate 40,0000 attorneys in North Carolina have achieved board certification from the North Carolina State Bar.
Since 2002, Business North Carolina (BNC) magazine has honored Tar Heel lawyers by publishing Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s top lawyers in business-related categories. Winners are chosen not by BNC editors but by the state’s lawyers.
Attorney Edd K. Roberts III was featured in a local magazine, “NC Triangle Attorney at Law,” regarding a murder case where the defendant was tried by jury for an alleged double homicide. Due to the aggravating circumstances of the murders, the State sought the death penalty in the case.
While I never have been one to sing my own praises, I was asked to write an article on “what will be your story,” a question most definitely appropriate to ponder at this stage of my life. Even though I’m nearly fifty, I consider myself a work in progress.
