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The right to an attorney is a crucial part of the American criminal justice system. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the groundbreaking Miranda<\/em> case, made clear that criminal suspects have the right not to talk to cops without a lawyer by their side. As Florida\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeal recently explained<\/a>, police officers can\u2019t try to get a person to change their mind once the person has invoked his or her Miranda rights.A defendant was charged with three counts of armed robbery and one count of assault while he was already in jail on unrelated crimes. An investigating officer approached him, looking for information about an armed robbery in Broward County. Two weeks later, the defendant and another man were transferred to the Broward Country Sheriff\u2019s Office for questioning as suspects in the armed robbery. An officer tried to go over a form with the defendant, waiving his Miranda rights, when the defendant asked:\u00a0 \u201cThey sending me a lawyer?\u201d The officer said the defendant could stop the interview at any time. He also showed him photos of other suspects in the case. \u201cThey’re talking,\u201d the officer said. \u201cFirst one talks, deals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The defendant was left in the interrogation room for several hours. He was forced to urinate in the room after asking unsuccessfully to use the bathroom. When a police officer brought the defendant food, he told him:\u00a0 \u201cI know you asked for your attorney; I’m not going to talk to you, but I’m going to let you know that you are being charged with armed robbery.\u201d When the defendant later asked if he was in fact being charged with the crime, the officer said repeatedly \u201cYou want to talk to me?\u201d until the defendant nodded his head. The officer went over the Miranda form with the defendant, during which he said he agreed to talk to the officer but also said \u201cyeah\u201d when asked whether he had previously requested an attorney. \u201cYou have. But you still want to make a statement with me, right?\u201d the detective said. The defendant responded:\u00a0 \u201cYeah.\u201d The defendant eventually admitted to participating in the robbery. He was convicted on all four counts.<\/p>\n

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