S/O - why ask for an attorney before speaking to police?

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Anonymous wrote:so forgive if this has been asked - I don't understand how he went to the police station to get lawyer and then somehow hired a private attorney. Wouldn't you go to the police station to be assigned public defender?

No

um okay. care to elaborate?

NP - you aren't entitled to a public defender until you're charged. And the police aren't the ones who provide it -- that's the court system's job.

so why do i keep hearing he went to the police station to get a lawyer. maybe i've been reading it wrong. thanks!

Could be that, just like you did not know how it works, maybe he did not either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so forgive if this has been asked - I don't understand how he went to the police station to get lawyer and then somehow hired a private attorney. Wouldn't you go to the police station to be assigned public defender?

No

um okay. care to elaborate?

NP - you aren't entitled to a public defender until you're charged. And the police aren't the ones who provide it -- that's the court system's job.

so why do i keep hearing he went to the police station to get a lawyer. maybe i've been reading it wrong. thanks!

The police wanted to speak to him so he went to the station. He spoke to them and then asked for an attorney. He had not been charged with a crime so no public defender was provided. The police probably made it obvious they thought he had something to do with her disappearance and that made him ask for an attorney. Also, he went with family members so maybe they told him to get an attorney.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so forgive if this has been asked - I don't understand how he went to the police station to get lawyer and then somehow hired a private attorney. Wouldn't you go to the police station to be assigned public defender?

No

um okay. care to elaborate?

NP - you aren't entitled to a public defender until you're charged. And the police aren't the ones who provide it -- that's the court system's job.

so why do i keep hearing he went to the police station to get a lawyer. maybe i've been reading it wrong. thanks!

The police wanted to speak to him so he went to the station. He spoke to them and then asked for an attorney. He had not been charged with a crime so no public defender was provided. The police probably made it obvious they thought he had something to do with her disappearance and that made him ask for an attorney. Also, he went with family members so maybe they told him to get an attorney.

i see. so he went to the station of his own volition. interesting.