Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime? Former Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon found himself back in federal court in Charlotte last Thursday, where he faced the same federal district court judge who sentenced him to 44…
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Trend sees elected officials picking and choosing the laws they will enforce
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can I be arrested without evidence against me?” Bill Stevenson became the latest North Carolina magistrate to resign his post in the wake of court rulings that paved the way for same-sex marriages to being in the Tar…
Businesses face civil and criminal penalties for refusing same-sex business
Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime? Officials in a northern Idaho city have threatened two citizens with arrest, fines and imprisonment after the citizens “politely declined” a same-sex couple’s request to be married at their…
City backs away from attempt to seize sermons from pastors who objected to ordinance
Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime? A group of Texas pastors who participated in a political effort to repeal a controversial city ordinance have been targeted by pro bono attorneys representing the City of Houston.…
Fall foliage playing unexpected role in hunt for accused cop killer
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I have an outstanding warrant, what should I do?” North Carolina is not the only state that boasts of rich fall foliage painting its Appalachian hillsides and mountains annually. Now one eastern seaboard state is counting on…
Disturbing trend sees disaffected youths joining terrorist fighters abroad
J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I talk to the police?” Notes urging loved ones not to give away your criminal plans are never a good idea, especially if you do not want to get caught. This is something would-be ISIS fighter Mohammed…
Young woman plans to commit suicide on Nov. 1, wants others to have the same right
Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime? A 29-year-old terminally ill woman is shining her light on “dying with dignity,” a cause she hopes she furthers when she kills herself on November 1. On that date,…
Charlotte eye doctors arrested after detectives uncover alleged hydrocodone trafficking
Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I simply intend to plead guilty, why do I need a lawyer?” Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers arrested two Charlotte eye doctors on Tuesday and charged them with trafficking in opiates, obtaining a…
Commissioner wants NC bicyclists licensed, insured, registered and taxed
Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can the police search my car without a warrant?” When the humanity of the future looks back at our American age, they may properly describe it as the age of rules, an…
Question we should be asking on death penalty is “Are we doing this or not?”
Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime? North Carolina’s death row houses 152 inmates awaiting execution. The state has not executed an inmate since 2006. A series of lawsuits brought by death-row inmates in 2007 led…