by Minick Law | Oct 23, 2017 | (DWI) Practitioner's Guide, DUI DWI
The Practitioner’s Guide: Attacking A DWI In North Carolina Let us help you prepare for your DWI defense. We’ve compiled a Practitioner’s Guild to Attacking a DWI in North Carolina to provide resources on different defense methods for contesting DWI...
by Minick Law | Sep 26, 2017 | (DWI) Practitioner's Guide, DUI DWI
Where the State is seeking to introduce a blood alcohol concentration as evidence against your client, there are a number of Constitutional and statutory challenges that can be utilized in seeking to suppress such evidence from being offered. Attack 1:...
by Minick Law | Sep 25, 2017 | (DWI) Practitioner's Guide, DUI DWI
When looking to attack a DWI charge the first question in the vast majority of cases is “did the officer have a reason to stop your client?” What is an Investigatory Stop? Begin any argument attacking the validity of a traffic stop with the highest law in the land:...
by Minick Law | Sep 12, 2017 | (DWI) Practitioner's Guide, DUI DWI
The State’s primary witness in most DWI cases in North Carolina is not a human person, but rather the breath-testing device used to prove a person’s alcohol concentration. Attacking the credibility and accuracy of this non-living witness is essential to defending a...
by Minick Law | Aug 30, 2017 | (DWI) Practitioner's Guide, Criminal Law, DUI DWI
Of the three standardized field sobriety tests, two are considered divided attention tests: The Walk-and-Turn and One-Leg Stand. The key to attacking these tests is to understand the clues the officer is looking for during these test as well as whether the tests are...
by Minick Law | Jul 27, 2017 | (DWI) Practitioner's Guide, DUI DWI
North Carolina allows law enforcement to use checkpoints to stop a vehicle even if there is no suspicious or illegal behavior observed by officers. However, the checkpoint must pass both Constitutional and statutory muster in order for the stop to be legal. This...
