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Jul 30, 2010

Criminal Practice – Traffic Infraction – Speeding – Federal Highway Manual – Engineering Studies – Statutory Exception

State v. Isaac. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0718, 14 pp.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Person County Superior Court. (W. Osmond Smith III, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: There is no conflict between state and federal law here: the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways requires engineering studies to set […]

Jul 30, 2010

GPS evidence not enough to void speeding ticket

By PAT MURPHY, Lawyers USA, the national sister publication of Lawyers Weekly [email protected] Lawyers tend to have lead feet when it comes to driving. That comes as no surprise. Why do we speed? For one thing, our hectic schedules always seem to have us running five minutes late. Then there’s that natural arrogance that our […]

Jul 30, 2010

They smell blood – or is it just a dead tag?

The envelopes started arriving just a few days after my husband learned that our license tag registration had expired. He was informed of this by a very polite Raleigh Police officer who nevertheless did what police officers do and wrote him a ticket.

Jul 27, 2010

Criminal Practice – Traffic Infraction – Speeding – Federal Highway Manual – Engineering Studies – Statutory Exception

State v. Isaac. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0718, 14 pp.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Person County Superior Court. (W. Osmond Smith III, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: There is no conflict between state and federal law here: the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways requires engineering studies to set […]

Jul 27, 2010

ADA’s firing shines light on traffic school ‘arrangement’

A Mecklenburg County assistant district attorney says he was terminated because he gave an interview to Charlotte's FOX affiliate. The attorney, Sean P. Smith, is a candidate for the district court seat held since 2009 by Gov. Bev Perdue appointee Tyyawdi M. Hands. Smith said that in the Mecklenburg district attorney's office, "You don't talk about certain things." He gave the interview on J[...]

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