In a recent case from our NC Court of Appeals, the Appellate Court vacated a Defendant’s DWI conviction on the grounds that there was not enough

A recent U.S. Supreme Court case has changed the rules on juvenile questioning making it easier for law enforcement to obtain confessions (J.D.B. v. North

In a recent case from our Supreme Court, the Court affirmed the decision of the NC Court of Appeals to set aside a one (1)

What was once sacred, “a man’s castle,” just lost considerable ground in regards to our Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches. A recent U.S. Supreme

New search and seizure law requires law enforcement officers to limit their search of a vehicle incident to arrest, to areas within the immediate control

In a felony trafficking case of opium a veteran chemist of some thirty-four years with the State lab, admitted under oath that he had not

In North Carolina the alcohol concentration evidence in DWI cases, is only prima  facie evidence that one was impaired while driving.  It does not create

Opinion testimony by the arresting officer that asthma has no effect on a person’s ability to provide a sufficient breath sample was admitted over defendant’s

No more is safe driving and having the vehicle you are driving in proper working order enough to avoid being stopped. If you are driving

Being noticeable nervous is not justification on its own to detain somebody according to a recent ruling from the NC Court of Appeals. The case