It’s one of my favorite questions because that’s one of the first things that everybody always says when they call is that they never read any Miranda. It’s one of the things that TV has really mislead people into believing. Law enforcement does not have to read you your Miranda Rights unless you’re under arrest[…]
It depends. It’s a very unusual situation. When law enforcement calls you, automatically everybody gets nervous and worried because “am I in trouble or did I do something wrong?” It’s really a fact specific issue that you really need to consult an attorney with. Sometimes you need to have an attorney there with you, sometimes[…]
Public defenders are very good attorneys. They’re very experienced, but they’re all very overloaded. They’re in court almost every single day. For example, if you’re an inmate, you can possibly talk to your attorney over the phone, but a lot of times, they’re in court and they don’t have a lot of time to get[…]
When you’re arrested, you go to jail obviously. You have a bond. If you don’t make bond right away, then you go before the court the next day. If it’s a holiday, you go before the court at nine in the morning. If it’s not a holiday, it’s at 1:15 PM. People can watch it[…]
It depends. There’s such thing as exigent circumstances. If they believe that evidence could be destroyed before they get a search warrant, they believe there’s some sort of emergency situation, or if you’re on probation, then they don’t need a search warrant. They have to have articulable reasons. The thing that gets confusing to people[…]
You need to be very careful when you get a ticket to treat it the correct way so it doesn’t build up for later on more problems. The thing that you really need to be careful about is traffic tickets and points. When you pay on a traffic ticket, you get points on your license.[…]