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If you want to crowd source a little advice from here, whether its the right thing to do or not "legally", you'd have to give a few more details of the case than what you did.
My attorney (who handles all my Real Estate affairs) is on my speed dial. HE has very good relationships with some of the best attorney's in the state for all situations.
Must be getting a good education.
It would depend on the circumstances under which you might need to talk to your lawyer, but it definitely wouldn't hurt to have the number memorized. When we arrest someone, all their property, including cell phone, goes into a sealed/tamper evident property bag. The county jail actually shrink wraps arrestees' property onto a sheet of cardboard like an action figure blister pack. In any case, you won't get access to your phone or any numbers stored in its speed dial until you are released.
The old phrase "Nothing good happens after midnight" is true...
... dude pretty much any bar fight can turn into A&B if someone is a pussy.
Mike
Just start singing some Warren Zevon, "Lawyers Guns and Money"
The most he'll get is pre trial probation or continued without a finding. Either way aft 6 months or a yr it disappears. Lawyer will cost $2k probably. If you want a trial to clear his name, some district courts are backed up over a yr to get a trial date, plus it will cost more for lawyer costs.
Best legal advice I can offer...
Admit nothing, deny everything and make counter-accusations
Best legal advice I can offer...
Admit nothing, deny everything and make counter-accusations
The denial should be done under guidance of your attorney.Do not "deny" or make accusations
That is only three of the big five.
You forgot "demand proof" and "attack the credibility of the witness".
Curiously, Intel did all 5 when confronted by the floating point bug with the Pentium P5 back in 1994.
NO! NO! NO!
Do not "deny" or make accusations.
Keep your mouth SHUT
The denials and/or accusations will be construed as misleading the police. The actual charge they file is "Witness Intimidation", but if you read the statute, misleading an investigator is one of the things that can/will trigger the charge.
If you deny being on third street, and they find a witness who says you were on third street, they'll charge you with witness intimidation because they have nothing else.