G'day Everyone.
Here's something that everyone ought to read very much.
http://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2009/03/a_detective_called_and_asked_m.html
Just in case you don't see that link, let me say a synopsis of it. If you get called up by the police department, especially a detective, on the pretense to come down to the station to "SOLVE TO A PROBLEM", don't do it!
If you are reading this and you got contacted by the police to go down for some reason, as Robert Guest said " STOP READING THIS AND FIND A CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER, NOW!".
As I said, read Robert Guest's blog for the full details.
I want to tell you something. If you find yourself hauled up by the cops for any reason (even if you are picked up from your house, yell at your roommate/family member to get a lawyer and get one now!), DO NOT acknowledge anything that the police put in front of you. Repeat the very sentences that they hate to hear:
" I WILL NOT TALK UNTIL A LAWYER IS PRESENT IN THE ROOM". By law, they can't talk to you the moment you say that. Keep repeating it till you get a lawyer. It is YOUR right. Do just that all night if they try to keep you detained. Say nothing till you got a lawyer right next to you. NO CONFESSIONS. NO yapping with the police till lawyer is there.
Do not sign anything until you have a lawyer present in the room. At all costs, say nothing. NOT until your lawyer is there. When your lawyer gets present, SHUT UP and LISTEN TO HIM. Let the lawyer take charge right after that and protect your legal rights.
Your lawyer MUST DEFEND you. As long as you say nothing to the police, it makes their case harder to prove. By refusing not to cooperate with them until a lawyer is present, you have a better chance of building a strong defense in your legal case.
Like in the past blogger of Ridor, some cops can be bad, but those that try to build cases against defendants with out lawyers are much worse.
Wish you luck.
Semper FI.
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