Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Should I talk to the police?” A recent editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal took the North Carolina Medical Examiner System to task for its many problems, making the important point that law enforcement cannot be fairly or judiciously run on the cheap. The…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Do I need to hire an attorney if I have been falsely accused?” In a terribly bizarre case with North Carolina connections, a Baptist minister from Virginia has been sentenced to two year in prison for staging a fake hate crime attack on…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “A past conviction is keeping me from finding work what can I do?” Officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission announced that they had arrested a man for a rather bizarre crime: trading in illegal reptiles. Though selling reptiles may not seem…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “If I simply intend to plead guilty, why do I need a lawyer?” In a bizarre episode, police in Raleigh say that the man caught on camera breaking into the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences over the weekend has surrendered to authorities.…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “A past conviction is keeping me from finding work what can I do?” A South Carolina woman with passionate tastes in music allegedly stabbed her roommate multiple times after the 64-year-old man refused to stop playing the Eagles on repeat. According to police…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “What is an expungement?” A new law signed last week by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory will allow students at public universities in North Carolina to hire an attorney to help guide them through the difficult and confusing process of handling disciplinary charges.…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “A past conviction is keeping me from finding work what can I do?” A recent and worrisome trend among some police departments should have criminals deleting their Facebook and Instagram accounts. News out of New York indicates that officers in the NYPD are…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Is there more than one way for police to convict a DWI?” In light of the recent controversial decision in the Trayvon Martin case, many people have been discussing the self-defense laws on the books in other states and some may wonder what…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Can the police search my car without a warrant?” Many people know that the U.S. Constitution affords criminal defendants the right to confront their accusers. Though that seems clear enough, the North Carolina Supreme Court has recently wrestled with the problem of what…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “A past conviction is keeping me from finding work what can I do?” Authorities say two individuals have been arrested for using phony prescriptions to get painkillers from pharmacies across North and South Carolina. The two individuals, Steven Rhodes and Heather DeYoung, were…