Re: Unpossible! Hollywood gives bad advice in self defense scenarios!

On May 11, 2025 at 8:35:08 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Fiction isn't fact? Say it ain't so.
 
When the heroic defense attorney busts into the interrogation room,
forcing the cops to stop questioning the suspect (who under ideal
circumstances might assert self defense), it's not how it works in real
life! Who knew you can't get proper legal advice from idiot screenwriters?

It's always hilarious when someone who hasn't asked for a lawyer has one show
up and start ordering everyone around. If the suspect has been Mirandized and
waives, that lawyer can sit in the lobby all day. He/She has no right to even
be present in the room, let alone tell the cops what they can and can't do.
And most cop shops have significant security between the public and the
detectives' work space, so no lawyer could physically walk into an
interrogation room unless they'd been specifically buzzed through and escorted
back, something that won't happen if the suspect hasn't asked for an
attorney.