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hkh28 | 5 years ago

You should actually be careful to say exactly this phrase: "I want a lawyer" and not a word more.

> [W]hen a suspect in an interrogation told detectives to “just give me a lawyer dog,” the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the suspect was, in fact, asking for a “lawyer dog,” and not invoking his constitutional right to counsel.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/02...

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liamcardenas|5 years ago

I thought the right to a lawyer dog was guaranteed by the K9th Amendment

kspacewalk2|5 years ago

Okay, he was asking for a lawyer dog, and not invoking his constitutional right to counsel. If he kept his mouth shut otherwise, that would do him little harm.