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• Criminal Defense
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• Civil Law
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• Traffic Violations
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• DWI
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Criminal charges should never be taken lightly.
Anyone can be charged with a crime. Just because you are charged does not mean you are guilty. It is very important that people who are charged take the matter seriously and take appropriate steps to avoid or mitigate the negative consequences of criminal charges.
Offenses include:
- Drug Crimes: Possession, Paraphernalia, Distribution, Manufacture, Trafficking
- Assault and Battery
- Robbery & Burglary
- Larceny, Shoplifting & Theft
- Property Crimes
- Fraud
- Weapons Charges
- False Pretenses
- Criminal Sexual Conduct
- Prostitution and Solicitation
- Drunk Boating
- and more...
We provide aggressive legal representation to our clients in southeastern North Carolina.
Our attorneys have experience in handling complex legal matters, and we handle each case personally - so you don't have to worry about your case being handed off to a junior attorney.
Practice areas include:
Steven M. Laird, Andrew M. Snow, Dustin R.T. Sullivan, Attorneys at Law (from left to right)
In North Carolina, too many speeding tickets could lead to your license being suspended or revoked.
If you have traffic tickets, the attorneys at Sullivan & Snow, PLLC can help you maintain your driver's license. We handle court cases and administrative law cases before the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Our attorneys can help clients avoid significant auto insurance rate increases and prevent insurance points from going on your record.
We provide defense representation to individuals in traffic court charged with traffic infractions including reckless driving, speeding, driving with a suspended license, and restoration/reinstatement of drivers licenses.
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Points are given for the following offenses:
| Conviction |
Points |
| Passing a stopped school bus |
5 |
| Reckless driving |
4 |
| Hit and run (property damage only) |
4 |
| Following too closely |
4 |
| Driving on the wrong side of the road |
4 |
| Illegal passing |
4 |
| Passing |
3 |
| Running through stop sign |
3 |
| Speeding more than 55 mph |
3 |
| Speeding through a school zone |
3 |
| Failure to yield right of way |
3 |
| No driver's license / license expired for 1+ year |
3 |
| Running through a red light |
3 |
| Failure to stop for siren |
3 |
| Speeding through safety zone |
3 |
| Failure to report accident where such report is required |
3 |
| No liability insurance |
3 |
| All other moving violations |
2 |
| Littering involving a motor vehicle |
1 |
Points are given for the following offenses involving commercial motor vehicles:
| Conviction |
Points |
| Passing a stopped school bus |
8 |
| Rail-highway crossing violation |
6 |
| Reckless driving |
5 |
| Hit and run (property damage only) |
5 |
| Driving on the wrong side of the road |
5 |
| Illegal passing |
5 |
| Following too closely |
5 |
| Running through stop sign |
4 |
| Speeding more than 55 mph |
4 |
| Running through a red light |
4 |
| Failure to yield right of way |
4 |
| No driver's license / license expired for 1+ year |
4 |
| Running through a red light |
4 |
| Failure to stop for siren |
4 |
| Speeding through safety zone |
4 |
| Failure to report accident where such report is required |
4 |
| Possessing alcoholic beverage(s) in the passenger area |
4 |
| No liability insurance |
4 |
| All other moving violations |
3 |
| Littering involving a motor vehicle |
1 |
Number of Points:
| Conviction | Points |
Manslaughter or negligent homicide
Prearranged highway racing or lending a car for prearranged highway racing
Hit-and-run resulting in bodily injury or death
Driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or more
Driving commercial vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .04 or more
Driving while impaired
Transporting illegal intoxicating liquor for sale
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12 |
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Highway racing or lending a car for highway racing
Speeding to elude arrest
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10 |
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Driving during revocation or suspension of license or registration
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8 |
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Reckless driving
Hit-and-run resulting in property damage only
Passing a stopped school bus
Speeding in excess of 75 mph when the speed limit is less than 70 mph
Speeding in excess of 80 mph when the speed limit is 70 mph or greater
Driving by a person less than age 21 after consuming alcohol or drugs
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4 |
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At-fault accident resulting in death or bodily injury* in excess of $1,500 or property damage $2,500 or more**
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3 |
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Illegal passing
Following too closely
Driving on wrong side of the road
At-fault accident resulting in property damage in excess of $1,500, but less than $2,500**
Speeding more than 10 mph over the speed limit provided the total speed is in excess of 55 mph, but less than 76 mph
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2 |
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All other moving violations
At-fault accident resulting in bodily injury* of $1,500 or less, or property damage of $1,500 or less**
Speeding 10 mph or less in excess of speed limit of less than 55 mph
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1 |
*No SDIP points will apply for Bodily Injury if the insured furnishes proof that costs were solely for diagnostic purposes.
**The greatest number of points will be applied for at-fault accidents resulting in Property Damage and Death or Bodily Injury
Driver's license points can be prevented or reduced in one of three ways:
- having the charges dismissed,
- contesting the charges and being found not guilty, or
- being convicted of a less serious offense.
Conviction of a less serious offense may occur when the evidence is insufficient to convict on the charged offense, but the evidence is sufficient to convict on another less serious offense. For example, a reckless driving conviction carries four driver's license points. If this offense is converted to a different moving violation or a non-moving violation (Improper Equipment), the offense may zero to three driver's license points.
North Carolina's DWI laws are some of the toughest in the nation.
A DWI Conviction can raise your insurance rates up to 400%! You don't have to lose your license for a year. If you are a first time offender you are eligible for a limited privilege after 10 days, pretrial and are eligible for a limited driving privilege on the date of conviction.
We work with our clients to obtain limited driving privileges, which include driving to work, business related driving, delivery and pick-up of children from school, and driving to medical appointments. Our DWI defense lawyers analyze each point in the DWI case-the stop, the tests, the arrest-to determine whether there is a chance to get the case dismissed or the charges reduced.
Our DWI defense team has worked with local drivers and drivers from outside the area who were picked up for DWI while driving in the region for business or vacation to help them keep their driving records clean, their licenses valid, and their insurance rates low.
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