by Durham Law Firm | Mar 20, 2021 | Criminal Defense
If you threaten someone with force that suggests physical harm will follow, you’ve committed simple assault. This is the least serious assault offense and can include merely threatening another with bodily harm. You do not have to touch someone physically to face...
by Durham Law Firm | Mar 5, 2021 | Criminal Defense
Unless it places you at significant risk of injury, the law in North Carolina states that you must stop your car at the scene of the crash and stay there until the law enforcement officer completes their investigation. If you leave the scene of an accident that...
by Durham Law Firm | Feb 27, 2021 | Criminal Defense
If your license is suspended in North Carolina, you are not alone. A recent study at Duke University covering four decades in NC shows over 1,225,000 active suspensions for failures to appear in court or failures to pay traffic fines, amounting to one in seven adult...
by Durham Law Firm | Feb 3, 2021 | Criminal Defense
If you have criminal charges on your record, you may be having trouble finding a job or even housing for yourself and your family. If you want to wipe that record clean, you are looking for an expungement of your criminal records. Some of the law surrounding...
by Durham Law Firm | Jan 6, 2021 | Criminal Defense
We are all guilty of driving distractedly at times, whether we are looking at a map, choosing music to listen to, talking on the phone, or sending a short text. Anything from an irate toddler in the backseat, spilled coffee on a new dress shirt, or a large bug on the...