If you live in North Carolina, then you have no doubt heard about NC’s crackdown on speeders. You may have discussed the clampdown at the water cooler, or perhaps you had a firsthand experience with a pullover. The crackdown hit in the month of April. Locally, there was a targeted effort to catch and stop…
You enjoyed a couple glasses of wine with dinner, and then you drove home. You didn’t think anything of it until you were stopped at a checkpoint. You hand the police officer your license and registration. The officer asks, “Have you been drinking tonight?” And you answer honestly, thinking nothing of it. Then, the officer…
There are several considerations that come into play once someone is convicted of a DWI. The way North Carolina’s DWI laws work, the level of penalties assessed for driving while impaired depends on the level of the offense. Driving while impaired can be proven in one of two ways: By proving the driver’s physical or…
Recently Attorney Bill Powers, Managing Partner of Powers McCartan, pllc and Mike Daisley, owner of the Daisley Law Firm, discussed the nuances of the North Carolina DWI law including the difference between equity of the law versus guilt or innocence. The two attorneys remind us that navigating DWI laws can be complicated because the consequences…