In Greenville, South Carolina, if you are charged with driving with an unlawful amount of alcohol or drugs in your system, you can face both administrative and criminal penalties. These include expensive traffic ticket fines, automatic suspension, permanent revocation, and even time in jail. The astronomical fines, jail time, and other criminal penalties largely depend…… Read More…
There are many different reasons why a driver might lose their license in the state of South Carolina. From reckless driving charges to too many points from speeding tickets to DUI’s and DWI’s. No matter why you lose your driving privileges, making your way through the license reinstatement process can be a confusing and difficult…… Read More…
Criminal Domestic Violence, or CDV, is the "willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another", according to the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. In laymen’s terms, when one person in a…… Read More…
Most likely you’ve heard the term “legal limit” before, especially if you’ve faced a drunk driving case. Drunk driving is also known as driving with an Unlawful Alcohol Concentration (DUAC) or driving under the influence (DUI). In Greenville, South Carolina, it’s illegal to drive a motor vehicle while drunk and this is a punishable criminal…… Read More…
The Fourth Amendment protects against unlawful seizure and search. Typically, it prohibits arbitrary motor vehicle searches by law enforcement officers. If police officers search your vehicle without your permission, a warrant, or a valid reason, they’re violating your legal rights. However, there are some limited scenarios where police officers can search your vehicle without a…… Read More…
Once a law enforcement officer in South Carolina stops you under suspicion of driving under influence of alcohol or drugs, they may arrest you if they have probable cause to believe you were driving while impaired. After the arrest, the law enforcement officials arrest will take you back to the police station, where you can…… Read More…