You need to specificly say “I want to speak with my lawyer”, cops in the usa have been able to deny someone saying something like ‘dont I get to speak to a lawyer’ isnt specific enough
For anyone who doesn’t get this, a person wanted to envoke their right to an attorney and asked for his “lawyer dawg.” The police maliciously interpreted this as asking for a lawyer dog, which you have no right to, and the court agreed that that was a reasonable assumption and that the guy did not envoke his right to an attorney, so they did nothing wrong by not providing one.
My advice to my son has always been: if you’re arrested for any reason, whether you did the thing or not, you become a Pokémon named ‘lawyer’.
You need to specificly say “I want to speak with my lawyer”, cops in the usa have been able to deny someone saying something like ‘dont I get to speak to a lawyer’ isnt specific enough
Dude got denied once for saying “I want a lawyer, dog.” The courts upheld the he might have been referring to a dog that is a lawyer.
It took me a while! “Lawyer…”, “law…yer…” “laaaawyir”.
No matter the question: ‘lawyi… lawyi… lawyer!’
Just be careful not to evolve into a LawyerDawg
For anyone who doesn’t get this, a person wanted to envoke their right to an attorney and asked for his “lawyer dawg.” The police maliciously interpreted this as asking for a lawyer dog, which you have no right to, and the court agreed that that was a reasonable assumption and that the guy did not envoke his right to an attorney, so they did nothing wrong by not providing one.
Surely that can’t be true?!
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/10/suspect-asks-for-a-lawyer-dawg-judge-says-he-asked-for-a-lawyer-dog.html