Merry Christmas from the Wabasha Public Library December 21, 2017 Written by Bev Hall The BeTween the Lines Book Club relax on the new furniture funded by the WACRC (Common Closet). The Tweens and everyone else at the Wabasha Public Library wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2018. The Library will be closed on Monday, Dec. 25th and Monday, Jan. 1st. News at The Wabasha Library
In Buncombe County DUI cases are routinely continued over two years. If a judge denies a continuance and the case has been pending for less than two years from the charge date, the district attorneys office will dismiss the case (if not ready to proceed) and recharge.
Case law has been established by the Supreme Court to help with that. With other crimes, though, case law could be applied to the sentencing. Using the DUI example, the law might say that your license is suspended 30 to 90 days. Well, which is it? Using case law, a judge will know what other similar cases have gotten and give you a similar punishment.