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Deputy | Asheville, NC: David R. Payne P.A. - Part 2
The Hows and Whys of Heroin…
This is for adults, with adult problems. The following is a testimonial from a former Heroin user. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9huWlXFA1s[/embed]
“I think if you were Satan and you were settin around tryin to think up somethin that would just bring the human race to its knees what you would probably come up with is narcotics.”
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Mance v. Holder Civil Action No. 4:14-cv-539-O Fed. Dist. Ct. A federal district court in Texas overturned a 1968 gun law prohibiting the sale of handguns to out-of-state residents, granting those who live in Washington, D.C., the ability to travel to an out-of-state gun store, buy a handgun and bring it home without a middleman. The ruling takes aim at the federal Gun Control Act of 1968, which prohibited handgun sales to out-of-state residents and was defended by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who argued that the law doesn’t violate the Second Amendment. Proponents of lifting the ban said the 1968 law had become dated given technological advances in instant background checks, which are performed every time a gun is purchased from a federally licensed firearm dealer. It also prohibited a robust national handgun market from developing, as rifles and shotguns can be purchased regardless of state residency, but handguns are not. Judge Reed O'Connor said the law had to survive the highest level of scrutiny and ruled that it plainly did not. He granted the gun vendors’ request for a summary judgment striking down the law. “Based on the foregoing, the Court concludes that Defendants have not shown that the federal interstate handgun transfer ban is narrowly tailored to be the least restrictive means of achieving the Government’s goals under current law. The federal interstate handgun transfer ban is therefore unconstitutional on its face,” he wrote. The decision can be appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, and Justice may ask for a stayBut if it stands, the Texas court’s ruling would allow a pistol to be purchased from an out-of-state buyer if that handgun is legal in the buyer’s state of residency. For D.C. residents, the ruling has particular importance because for the first time they will be able to make handgun purchases in neighboring Virginia or Maryland and bring the guns home. Before the ruling, because the District has no gun stores, D.C. residents had to go through middlemen who purchased the firearms on their behalf, then resold them with a surcharge. “This is a tremendous victory for the civil rights of Washington, D.C., residents and Americans in general — the court recognized there’s no need to destroy the national market for handguns,” said Alan Gura, who argued the case for the plaintiffs and is a founding partner at Gura & Possessky Pllc, in the District. “District residents are free to purchase handguns so long as they comply with D.C. law and have those handguns properly registered.” Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/11/federal-court-rules-residency-requirements-pistol-/#ixzz3ReZd8oD2 Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter Read more "U.S. court rules residency requirements for pistol buys is unconstitutional"
Expunctions, how do they work? What is a PJC?
Contrary to common belief, a PJC (Prayer for Judgment Continued) does not solve every problem. They are not a silver bullet. They are very helpful with certain kinds of traffic tickets, but they also indefinitely postpone a final judgment in a criminal case. This can really hurt your future. Without a final judgment, there cannot be an expunction. You should know that opportunities to expunge a criminal record in North Carolina are relatively rare. Instead, criminal records eligible for expunction in North Carolina are generally limited to the following three categories:
A first-time, nonviolent offense committed more than 15 years ago
A first-time offense committed under age 18/22
A CRIMINAL RECORD often gives rise to significant barriers to gainful employment, affordable housing, family unification, and a variety of other benefits and opportunities essential to productive citizenship. In North Carolina, an expunction is the destruction of a criminal record by court order. An expunction (also called an “expungement”) of a criminal record restores the individual, in the view of the law, to the status he or she occupied before the criminal record existed. With rare exception, when an individual is granted an expunction, he or she may truthfully and without committing perjury or false statement deny or refuse to acknowledge that the criminal incident occurred. The primary exception to this is for purposes of federal immigration. Please see North Carolina General Statutes §15A-151 for other exceptions. This summary provides details of the following twelve expunction statutes:
Juvenile Record………………………………… NCGS §7B-3200
Misdemeanor Under Age 18…………………… NCGS §15A-145
Gang Offense Under Age 18…………………… NCGS §15A-145.1
Controlled Substance Under Age 22 …………… NCGS §15A-145.2
Toxic Vapors Under Age 22……………............. NCGS §15A-145.3
Nonviolent Felony Under Age 18……….……… NCGS §15A-145.4
Nonviolent Offense…………………………...... NCGS §15A-145.5
Prostitution Offense………………………......... NCGS §15A-145.6
Charge Resulting in Dismissal or Not Guilty ….. NCGS §15A-146
Identity Theft………………………………….... NCGS §15A-147
DNA Records………………………………....... NCGS §15A-148
Pardon of Innocence……………………………. NCGS §15A-149
In addition, this summary provides the following information and resources:
Certificates of Relief……………………………. NCGS §15A-173
Indigent Fee Waiver
Steps to Submitting a Petition for Expunction
How to Read an ACIS Criminal Record Report
Petition for Expunction of Nonviolent Offense, Sample
Petition for Expunction of Dismissed Charges, Sample
Petitioner’s Affidavit, Worksheet
Affidavit of Good Character, Worksheet
Affidavit of Good Character
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Supreme Court rules Indoor Grow Marijuana search warrant invalid based on anonymous tip
State v. Benters Synopsis: September, 2011 a Confidential Informant meets with Detective Hastings of the Vance County Sheriff's office and tells he knows where an indoor marijuana grow operation is in Henderson, N.C. The CI tells him the name of the owner, the address, that the owner doesn't live there. The officers perform a "knock and talk" and secure a warrant based on the C.I. statements and their own observations, such as gardening supplies and an unusually large light bill. The police find a large indoor grow operation. The defendant Benters, was charged with trafficking marijuana, among other things. The defendant moved to suppress the search based on the defective warrant and constitutional violations. The trial court granted the defendant's motion. The State appealed. The State Supreme Court sided with the Defendant, holding that conclusions by law enforcement and an essentially unidentified tipster could not sustain the warrant. From the opinion: Here Lieutenant Ferguson averred that “Detective Hastings has extensive training and experience with indoor marijuana growing investigations on the state and federal level,” and that Detective Hastings had subpoenaed defendant’s Progress Energy power records. Lieutenant Ferguson then summarily concluded that “the kilowatt usage hours are indicative of a marijuana grow operation based on the extreme high and low kilowatt usage.” As explained above, the absence of any comparative analysis severely limits the potentially significant value of defendant’s utility records. Kaluza, 272 Mont. at 409, 901 P.2d at 110; McManis, 2010 VT 63, ¶¶ 16-19, 188 Vt. at 195-97, 5 A.3d at 896. Therefore, these unsupported allegations do little to establish probable cause independently or by corroborating the anonymous tip. Campbell, 282 N.C. at 130-31, 191 S.E.2d at 756. We acknowledge that investigating officers or a reviewing magistrate may have some degree of suspicion regarding defendant’s “extreme high and low kilowatt usage” given that defendant “is not currently living at the residence.” These unspecified extremes also may be explained, however, by wholly innocent behavior such as defendant’s intermittently visiting his property. Thus, these circumstances may justify additional investigation, but they do not establish probable cause. We turn next to the officers’ observations of multiple gardening items on defendant’s property in the absence of exterior gardens or potted plants. In relevant part, the affidavit provides that law enforcement officers observed from outside of the curtilage multiple items in plain view that were indicative of an indoor marijuana growing operation. The items mentioned above are as followed [sic]; potting soil, starting fertilizer, seed starting trays, plastic cups, metal storage racks, and portable pump type sprayers. Detectives did not observe any gardens or potted plants located around the residence. Nothing here indicates “a ‘fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place’ ” beyond Lieutenant Ferguson’s wholly conclusory allegations. State v. Benters, (5A14) Motion to suppress evidence; whether an affidavit based upon an anonymous tip established probable cause to issue a search warrant.	Read more "Supreme Court rules Indoor Grow Marijuana search warrant invalid based on anonymous tip"