Criminal Defense Attorney in Colorado Springs, Colorado
What should I do if I’m arrested?
What should I do if I’m arrested?
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my biggest thing that I advise people is
when you’re arrested shut up and I mean
that respectfully but do not say a thing
because what people often do is they try
to explain themselves they try to make
it so that the police officer understand
what’s going on the problem is is the
more you talk the more you can get
yourself into trouble even if you’re
trying to help your case the best thing
you can do even if you’re innocent is
remain silent and people often confuse
this with being rude or being difficult
to law enforcement that’s not the case
what I’m trying to help you understand
is you need to remain silent in order to
protect your rights but you don’t need
to be in any way defensive or combative
the other things to remember is if
you’re being arrested you have a right
to ask why you’re being arrested what
the charges are so that you can
understand you also have the right to
ask for an attorney now the key is when
you ask for an attorney it has to be an
unequivocal ask in other words you can’t
say “Well I think I need an attorney.”
Thinking is an asking you need to be
definitive and firm and say “I want to
talk to my attorney.” And then refuse to
answer any other questions the only
thing police are allowed to force you to
answer are your name so you need to give
your correct legal name and they can ask
your date of birth for identifying
purposes but nothing else you should
never say anything else you should call
Right Law Group call your attorney
immediately so that you know exactly
what to do and how to protect yourself
in this situation but those are my two
biggest pieces of advice are remain
silent and actually remain silent and
know that asking for an attorney means
that you need to then wait for them to
give you that phone call to your
attorney don’t continue talking
Colorado Springs, CO criminal defense attorney Alexis Austin Litle talks about what you should do if you’re arrested.
