In cases where government authorities seize money and property, special rules apply. The practice of asset forfeiture and the laws governing its execution are not widely known, even among seasoned lawyers. In many ways, asset forfeiture is a new field of law, and it requires highly specific legal knowledge and training to effectively build such […]

  Was your money, cash, currency, or other personal property seized? If you were a victim of federal or state agents’ “cash grab” then call attorney William Pruden of Pruden Feldmann Law, PLLC at (919) 880-2124. If your cash or property was seized at an airport, on a train or from your vehicle, we can immediately begin

At what point does possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance become drug trafficking? If a person possesses a certain amount of a drug, it is presumed the person is trafficking the substance. Drug trafficking convictions carry significantly higher prison sentences than possession with intent to sell or distribute does. The State of North

In North Carolina, drug paraphernalia is something used “to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, package, repackage, store, contain, or conceal a controlled substance other than marijuana which it would be unlawful to possess, or to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the body a controlled substance other than marijuana

Administrative forfeiture is used to achieve most federal forfeitures in the United States. The reason for this is that the majority of seizures are uncontested. This may appear strange at first, but when one considers that much of property seized for forfeiture in the United States consists of large bundles of cash, it is easy

Nope, it still isn’t legal. As of the writing of this blog on June 11, 2021, marijuana, including recreational and medical, is still forbidden in North Carolina. However, some politicians are attempting to pass bills in the NC House and Senate to legalize weed. Does this mean you can still be criminally charged with possessing

Where: The fifth floor of the Wake County Courthouse at 316 Fayetteville St. in Raleigh, NC. Hearings are held in Courtroom 5A. (Note: during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of these hearings are being held via WebEx.) When: Court begins at 9 a.m. If you are late, your case might be dismissed (if you’re the plaintiff)