KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!


These are your rights

  • You have the right to remain silent.
  • You have the right to an attorney.
  • Anything you say to a police officer or anyone else may be used against you.
RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
Do not talk to anyone but your attorney about the facts of your case. (This includes family, friends or relatives.) If you do, those statements can and will be used against you in court. Often a person may think their explanation of a situation is not incriminating, however even seemingly innocent remarks can be twisted to make you look bad. Don't do it.

RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY
If you are reading this, you need an attorney. An attorney has a legal obligation to keep your statements confidential. Statements made to an attorney can not be used against you. Not the police, not the District Attorney and not any judge can make an attorney disclose statements that you have made to that attorney. Make those same statements to your mother or father or other family members or friends and they can be called to testify against you.

WATCH WHAT YOU SAY
Often the only evidence against a person charged with a criminal offense is the damaging statements they make to police officers. Most of the time the person making these statements is being induced by a feeling of a false friendship engendered by the police officer in attempting to gather your statements as evidence. This is perfectly legal for the police to do and is categorized by the courts as "Good Police Work." For the person making statements under these circumstances it should be categorized as "Dumb." Don't do it! Talk to an attorney.