You know I have so many clients who act in self-defense. And self-defense is really interesting because you feel like you did exactly the right thing. You know we’re not talking about police want to interview me because I have a pocket full of methamphetamine. It’s someone attacked me, I was scared, I shot them, I displayed my weapon. And we have this instinct to go ahead and tell the police your side of the story because you feel like no crime was committed. And unfortunately, you just can’t do that. Police are investigating a crime when they want to talk to you.

And they’re investigating you as a suspect and anything you say that conflicts with physical evidence, anything you say that sounds aggressive, that maybe even just sounds slightly inconsistent with something you said a couple sentences back is going to ultimately, harm you, perhaps even sway a jury. You should never, ever give any statement to police without an attorney by your side, without having consulted on what to say, what not to say, how far to go into the details. There are a million things that even if you feel in your heart of hearts that you’ve done nothing wrong, you simply cannot go it alone, you need that lawyer.