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How Does Probation Work?

September 11, 2019 by Robert Parrott | Category: Probation, State Criminal Defense

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 […]

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Sentencing Factors in a DWI Case in North Carolina

August 26, 2019 by Robert Parrott | Category: DWI, State Criminal Defense

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 […]

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I Blew Over alcohol 0.08. Will I Be Convicted of DWI in North Carolina?

August 7, 2019 by Robert Parrott | Category: DWI, State Criminal Defense

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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What is the punishment for a DWI in NC?

May 14, 2019 by Robert Parrott | Category: DWI, State Criminal Defense

Driving While Impaired is a misdemeanor in North Carolina. It has its own sentencing scheme and Structured Sentencing does not apply. The punishments for DWI in North Carolina are laid out in N.C.G.S. § 20-179. There are six different levels of DWI in North Carolina, ranging from Level 5 (lowest) to A1 (highest). A defendant’s level depends upon the existence of and weight assigned to certain statutorily defined aggravating, grossly aggravating, […]

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What are the elements of DWI in North Carolina?

April 19, 2019 by Robert Parrott | Category: DWI, State Criminal Defense

“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.” Do you know what I’m talking about? (For all the millennials out there who are too young to remember that jingle: those are the ingredients for a McDonald’s Big Mac). Let me ask you this: if you have all of those ingredients, but you don’t have any special sauce…do you have a Big Mac? I would […]

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