First, call a criminal lawyer immediately.

If you’re suspected of a crime and interviewed by police, you’re entitled to assert your “Miranda rights”. They include the right to remain silent in response to questioning, the right to know that anything you say can and will be used against you in court, the right to stop answering questions at any time and the right to have an attorney present during questioning. Your right to the assistance of an attorney includes all stages of a criminal proceeding and begins at the point you become the focus of a police investigation, or are arrested.

Upon arrest, you have the right to know the charges against you, and the right to make a phone call. Your call should be to an attorney.   Our firm has five attorneys with extensive experience in criminal law.  We are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

At the police station, you will be fingerprinted and photographed, and you will be asked some basic questions unrelated to the offense you are accused of for booking information.  This refers to basic information such as your name and address, date of birth and social security number. You should cooperate in giving this information. However, before you answer any questions about the charges, you’d better protect yourself with a telephone call to an attorney. What you tell your attorney is confidential, and the fact that you decline to answer police questions cannot be used against you in court.  Do not speak to anyone other than your attorney about your case.  Anyone you make statements to can be forced to testify against you.