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The position of the Durham County District Attorney is not one that’s new to the spotlight. After the Duke Lacrosse case involving former D.A. Mike Nifong, the office gained national notoriety. Now, the local News & Observer is bringing actions of the new D.A. to light. According to them, District Attorney Tracey Cline may be more concerned with winning than with doing what’s right. [read more...]
This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 at 2:43 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a drug conviction this week where it was determined the initial arrest and search were a violation of the defendant’s rights. Maurice Donnell White pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine in 2010 for the offense that took place in 2008. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 5:24 pm and is filed under drug charges. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Charlotte Observer published an interesting article this week exposing a little known fact about North Carolina treatment courts: that they cannot use the ankle bracelets designed to detect alcohol in the body. Due to a committee decision in 2007 judges in these treatment courts aren’t allowed to utilize what some other state’s see as a useful tool in alcohol offense control. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 11:54 am and is filed under dwi. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

North Carolina crime rates for 2009 are at the lowest rate in 25 years according to the Raleigh News-Observer. The state experienced the sharpest single year drop ever since they began collecting the data in 1973. Not surprisingly, however, no one can agree on what’s causing the decrease. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 3:10 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Winston-Salem area is looking to streamline DWI cases as Forsyth County adds a DWI specific court, and works to get through the backlog of DWI cases that have piled up. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 3:53 pm and is filed under dwi. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

A study was released this week analyzing the effectiveness of mental health courts on arrest rates. Recidivism is the term used to describe someone’s chances of being rearrested after entering the system. According to this Psychiatric News article, recidivism was significantly lower in people who were processed through mental health courts as opposed to traditional criminal courts. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 8:18 am and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.