Lawyers- help!!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AXiD670

Dude, STOP TALKING TO THIS GUY UNTIL YOU HAVE A LAWYER!

I can't believe he brought up Miranda rights over the freakin' phone.

Seriously. If he hasn't arrested you by now, he's not going to. Plus, he's not the one that determines what charges are brought against you, that's the DA's job.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Seriously. If he hasn't arrested you by now, he's not going to. Plus, he's not the one that determines what charges are brought against you, that's the DA's job.

Actually this is incorrect; in some areas it is the police that bring the charges. Depending on the jurisdiction, the prosecutor may only screen a small number of the total cases.

In any case, TALK TO A LAWYER. You're going to get a lot of opinions from people here who aren't lawyers, and the ones who are can't directly help you. Find a reputable lawyer, talk to him or her, and go from there.

[valkyrie]

This is why we say:

DO NOT SPEAK TO THE POLICE AND DO NOT SPEAK TO A PROSECUTOR, UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

Never, ever, ever trust the police or anything they tell you. Seriously. If I had $1 for every time I had a client in jail say "Oh, the cop said that if I told him what happened, I'd get to go home," I'd have, well, quite a few dollars, and maybe I could use some of them to bail out the dudes sittin' in the pokey because they told the cop what happened and did not get to go home.

I do think that many minor legal dilemmas can be handled on your own -- however, as in this case, when a cop is getting all crazy on you, you're smart to get a lawyer. Make sure to tell your lawyer everything you told the cops from the beginning -- and good luck!