If you are convicted of Driving While Impaired (DWI) in North Carolina, the Division of Motor Vehicles will automatically suspend your driver’s license for at least one year. However, that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to drive during that time. A Limited Driving Privilege is an order from a judge allowing you to drive during certain hours and for certain limited purposes. It supersedes DMV’s revocation of your driver’s […]
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How Does Probation Work?
WHAT IS PROBATION? Probation is an alternative to active jail time. It allows the judge to “suspend” the active portion of a sentence and place the defendant on probation for a number of months instead. Unless the defendant’s probation gets revoked during that time, (s)he will never have to serve the active portion of his or her sentence. HOW DOES PROBATION WORK? (The nuts & bolts of probation) If you […]
Read MoreN.C. Pro Bono Resource Center Announces 2018 Pro Bono Honor Society Inductees
Parrott Law PLLC is proud to announce their induction, along with 467 other attorneys, into the 2018 North Carolina Pro Bono Society. Click here to read the full article.
Read MoreSentencing Factors in a DWI Case in North Carolina
If you are convicted of DWI in North Carolina, the judge will put you into one of six levels of various aggravating factors. Your sentencing level depends on the existence of statutorily defined mitigating, aggravating, and/or grossly aggravating factors. Below is a list of those factors: MITIGATING FACTORS of DWI in North Carolina (N.C.G.S. § 20-179(e))* Slight impairment of the defendant’s faculties resulting solely from alcohol, and an alcohol concentration that did […]
Read MoreI Blew Over alcohol 0.08. Will I Be Convicted of DWI in North Carolina?
Not necessarily. To establish a prima facie case for Driving While Impaired in North Carolina, there are several elements that the State has to prove. Specifically, it must prove that you (1) drove (2) a vehicle (3) on a street, highway, or public vehicular area (4) while impaired. In North Carolina, blowing a 0.08 or higher creates a rebuttable presumption that you were impaired. However, it does not affect elements 1-3. There […]
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