Ain't no cop legally required to act in your best interests

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Your lawyer is probably not going to ask you to incriminate yourself, and unless you're explicitly saying the location of evidence there won't be a way to use privileged communication with your lawyer. I imagine both criminal defence attorneys and PDs are painfully aware that cops can't be trusted.

    As for contacting an attorney, I genuinely don't know. I'm guessing if you don't have a lawyer's number memorized they'll just give you a PD and there's probably some dumb supreme court decision saying you only have the right to a lawyer, not a lawyer of your choosing.

    • KnilAdlez [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Total guess, but I bet a PD would be happy to hand off the case to someone else. If they give you a PD, just ask the PD to call your lawyer. Worth a shot at least.