Three Best Rated recently ranked attorney Benjamin Hiltzheimer as one of the three best DWI lawyers in Raleigh, North Carolina. Attorney Hiltzheimer has represented hundreds of individuals charged with DWIs in Raleigh, as well as Durham, Orange, Chatham, and Alamance Counties. Mr. Hiltzheimer brings a decade of litigation experience to bear on each case he takes on, and takes...
Continue ReadingFor the English-speaking public, North Carolina state law requires that law enforcement officers read certain rights to DWI suspects orally, and provide those same rights in writing, before the individual is required to decide whether to blow into a breathalyzer (Intox EC/IR II in Wake County) or submit to a blood draw. North Carolina General Statute § 20-16.2 is...
Continue ReadingUntil this year, North Carolina law permitted the taking of a blood sample from an unconscious DWI suspect under the apparent rationale that, by the simple fact of being rendered unconscious, we give up the fundamental right to be free from governmental intrusion into the contents of our own blood. North Carolina General Statute § 20-16.2(b) still reads as...
Continue ReadingAccording to the North Carolina Rules of Evidence, Rule 702, a witness properly qualified as an expert may only testify as to matters deemed to be outside of the domain of lay knowledge if the following three foundational criteria are met, under 702(a): (1) The testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) The testimony is the product...
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