Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “If I have an outstanding warrant, what should I do?” A man from North Carolina is currently facing murder charges after prosecutors say that he killed his four-year-old son. In a surprising twist, his defense attorney says that he will attempt to convince…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Should I talk to the police?” An officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and is now in custody after authorities say he was involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man over the weekend. According to…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “If I simply intend to plead guilty, why do I need a lawyer?” In a very bizarre and tragic case out of Spring Lake, North Carolina, a woman has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to her husband’s death in what at…
Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “Should I talk to the police?” In a terrible episode late last month, a man who served as the best man at his good friend’s wedding was arrested for stabbing the bride to death. The tragedy took place in late April when Jonathan…
North Carolina’s Court of Appeals made a big announcement this week when it decided to overturn a Durham judge’s decision to throw out child murder charges against a man who spent the past 12 years in prison. The Durham judge previously ruled that prosecutors and the state crime lab both…
George Zimmerman, the Florida man charged with killing Trayvon Martin, was given a second chance earlier this week to get out of jail when the judge set bail at $1 million. In his ruling, Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester said that George Zimmerman manipulated the court during his first bond…
Police in Florida are waiting for George Zimmerman to turn himself back into the police after his bail was recently revoked for lying to the judge in the case with regard to his finances. Zimmerman also withheld the fact that he possessed a second passport. Zimmerman maintains he was defending…
An appellate court in North Carolina has denied the appeal of a man who was convicted of killing two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers, according to a recent report by WBTV News in Charlotte. The man is Demeatrius Antonio Montgomery and in 2010 he was found guilty of the first-degree murder…
A report from WBTV reveals that Danny Hembree’s murder trial is heating up. Prosecutors in the trial played Hembree’s taped confession for the jurors on Monday, March 26, 2012. Hembree was being interviewed by the police when he confessed to killing Randi Saldana. During the interview, Hembree told investigators that…
After weeks of no comment from the Pentagon, military officials finally released the name of the man who is accused of slaughtering innocent civilians in Afghanistan. The soldier’s name is Sgt. Robert Bales. He is currently in custody at a federal military prison in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; however, he has…