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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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Male student’s “epic threesome” with teachers should spark outrage, police say

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC responds to “The person that called the police doesn’t want to press charges, can I still be prosecuted?”   Some in the media have suggested that the latest teacher-student-sex case to make national news is a victimless crime. The case involves a…

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FBI’s fake defendant and his gun charge take down two Philadelphia judges

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I ever plead guilty to a charge?”   In May 2012, Officer John Snyder pulled over 40-year-old David Khoury after he spotted the man driving erratically down a busy stretch of Torresdale Avenue in Holmesberg, Pennsylvania. When he…

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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…

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Man who had 1st-degree murder conviction reversed pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I talk to the police?”   Bradley Cooper—not the actor—was convicted of first-degree murder in 2011 after a 36-day trial that featured testimony from over 100 witnesses. That was all for naught. The Court of Appeals overturned the…

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Three Arrested For String Of North Carolina ATM Thefts

Attorney J. Bradley Smith answering the question: “What is the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony?” Three people in Shelby, North Carolina have been arrested due to their suspected involvement in a series of brazen ATM robberies. Let’s stop for a second and specify exactly what kind of robbery…

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