Hey Everyone,
A few posters have mentioned their dismay at the perp being represented by a lawyer.
Keep in mind everyone is entitled to a defense in the U.S. and then there's this;
"A criminal defendant's
right to an attorney is found in the Sixth
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution, which requires the "assistance of
counsel" for the accused "in all criminal prosecutions." This means that a defendant has a
constitutional right to be represented by
an attorney during trial.
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Also, if a lawyer ever called the cops and reported what a client said about his/her guilt or innocence that lawyer would be disbarred.
I would like any of our verified attorneys to jump into this unlikely scenario and explain what would happen; Let's say a guy calls a lawyer and when the lawyer says hello the guy blurts out his name and phone number and says " I KILLED (insert victim here) I DID IT I KILLED 'EM."
Since the lawyer had not been technically retained is the lawyer obligated to call the police?
IMO no. First said lawyer would probably think it was a crank call and ignore it
Second said lawyer would be retained by the crazy caller and even though this was said before lawyer was retained I am assuming it would still be protected under attorney/client privilege.
I know a couple of these questions might seem a bit silly but these are the questions people have posted about.
Again, to our verified lawyers please jump in.