What to Do Right After a Car Accident

If you get into a car accident, what do you do? Who do you call? Do you check your injuries and property damage first? If you’re injured and once your injuries have been treated, who will you attempt to talk with first: the other driver, the police, insurance representatives, or a lawyer?

Sort out safety issues.

Do not leave the scene, for you may be accused of a hit-and-run. Ensure your safety and the safety of others (e.g. your passengers or pedestrians, if any). Call the paramedics, and get proper medical care, especially if you were severely injured, but also when there are no apparent injuries, to stay on the safe side.

A Raleigh Criminal Lawyer’s Challenge: Is Fido’s Sniff Performance Up To Snuff?

"In these cases a professional Raleigh criminal lawyer will argue that the police did not have “probable cause” to conduct a warrantless search violating an individual’s rights under the Fourth Amendment. To put it simply, an officer must have legal reason to believe that a person may be committing a crime.

Police K9 drug detection units are used to provide such “probable cause.” If a dog responds or “cues” on a suspect’s person or property, the officer is justified to search without a warrant. The suspect can protest, but it is not likely to be effective since most states have given this power to law enforcement."

http://www.kurtzandblum.com/blog/a-raleigh-criminal-lawyers-challenge-is-fidos-sniff-performance-up-to-snuff

A Raleigh Criminal Lawyer Can Help You Avoid the Sex Offender Registry

Probable Cause
For a professional Raleigh criminal lawyer, the term “probable cause” comes up often. To put it simply, an officer has legal reason to believe that a person may be committing a crime.

Police dogs, for the record, are simply part of the “probable cause” equation. They, alone, don’t justify a warrantless search or arrest. However, if the dogs respond to something illicit inside a car or package, its handler should ask the person if he can search the vehicle. The person can actually say no to this, but it doesn’t always work.

Saying “no” to a warrantless search while inside a car has a lesser rate of success, all the more if the car refused to stop despite the officer’s orders. In this case, the officer has legal reason to believe that there’s something in the car the person doesn’t want the cops to find out. As cars drive along public roads, “public view” strengthens the justification for a warrantless search.

http://www.kurtzandblum.com/blog/a-raleigh-criminal-lawyer-can-help-you-avoid-the-sex-offender-registry

Raleigh Criminal Lawyer: FAQs on How to Expunge a Criminal Record

"Q: What happens to my criminal record when it gets expunged? An expunction puts you back in the same place as if you had never been charged with the crime at all – it acts as an eraser that can give you a “clean slate.” Your charge or conviction will not show up on a criminal background check, and law enforcement and the court system can’t use an expunged charge against you. You can learn more about criminal expungement by consulting an experienced Raleigh criminal defense attorney with Kurtz & Blum. To discuss your options, please give us a call at 919-832-7700."

http://www.kurtzandblum.com/blog/raleigh-criminal-lawyer-faqs-on-how-to-expunge-a-criminal-record