Do you have any basic guidelines for determining when one should have a lawyer present while interacting with law enforcement? Obviously, I know I should not talk to LEOs without a lawyer if I am a suspect in a criminal investigation. What about if I'm a witness, and the police/feds want me to give a statement? They can decide I'm a suspect at any time without telling me, right? I don't want to be ass, standing at the scene of a crime and holding up the investigation until I can hire a lawyer, but I also want to know how best to protect myself. Reddit gets a lot of posts about innocent people getting railroaded.
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Do you have any basic guidelines for determining when one should have a lawyer present while interacting with law enforcement? Obviously, I know I should not talk to LEOs without a lawyer if I am a suspect in a criminal investigation. What about if I'm a witness, and the police/feds want me to give a statement? They can decide I'm a suspect at any time without telling me, right? I don't want to be ass, standing at the scene of a crime and holding up the investigation until I can hire a lawyer, but I also want to know how best to protect myself. Reddit gets a lot of posts about innocent people getting railroaded.
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