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You should actually be careful to say exactly this phrase: "I want a lawyer" and not a word more. > [W]hen a suspect in an interrogation told detectives to “ju
by hkh28 6y ago
You should actually be careful to say exactly this phrase: "I want a lawyer" and not a word more.
> [W]hen a suspect in an interrogation told detectives to “just give me a lawyer dog,” the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the suspect was, in fact, asking for a “lawyer dog,” and not invoking his constitutional right to counsel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/02/the-suspect-told-police-give-me-a-lawyer-dog-the-court-says-he-wasnt-asking-for-a-lawyer/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/02...
- kspacewalk2 6y agoOkay, he was asking for a lawyer dog, and not invoking his constitutional right to counsel. If he kept his mouth shut otherwise, that would do him little harm.
- liamcardenas 6y agoI thought the right to a lawyer dog was guaranteed by the K9th Amendment