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If you invoke your rights and demand a lawyer, law enforcement should not legally question you further regarding your case. Not surprisingly, law enforcement agents often disregard the law and get another officer or police agent to try to question you about your case again. Sometimes they will also ask you questions about other cases or other incidents as well. If you repeat to them that you want to invoke your right to remain silent and right to an attorney and say nothing else to them in response to their questions and statements, they should eventually follow the law and stop talking to you.

Absolutely Not. If you invoke your rights and demand a lawyer, law enforcement will sometimes try to get other people to induce you into making a statement. For example, they may ask your cellmate or another inmate at the jail to ask you questions designed to trick you into making statements. They may ask a family member or friend to call you and ask questions about the case, while the call is being recorded. The jails always record all phone calls and jail visits, and they read all of the letters that you send and receive from the jail. Furthermore, law enforcement almost always reads a suspect's text messages (whether they were erased from their phone or not) and looks at their Facebook page or other social media. Be very aware of what messages you send and what statements you make about your case, even when you are not talking to law enforcement directly. The only person who owes you a duty of confidentiality and can't testify about your statements is your attorney, so make no statements to anyone else about your case.

Absolutely Not. The 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees that all citizen of the United States have the right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures. If law enforcement violates your rights, none of the evidence obtained as a result of the illegal search and seizure can be used against you, and often the case against you has to be dismissed. However, if you consent to a search, law enforcement can search without a warrant, and they will often search in more areas in and more places than you originally allowed. If law enforcement asks to search you, your home, or your car, tell them that if they do so it is without your consent. Look closely at anything that you sign and demand a copy of it immediately to be sure you aren't consenting to be searched in writing. The reality is that they may search anyway, but at least your consent can't later be used to justify the search. Always be respectful of law enforcement and don't physically stop them from searching, but politely make it clear that your consent was not given for the search.

No. There is no reason to allow law enforcement to violate your privacy and your constitutional rights, even if you have done nothing wrong. Sometimes people have things that they don't realize are illegal, and sometimes other people have brought things that are illegal into your vehicle or home. Never consent to a search, and don't give up any constitutional rights without first consulting with an attorney.