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brickeyee · August 16, 2006, 09:32 AM

""That man tried to stab me, and I shot him" "

I am going to make one last comment on this and end it.

The simple statement above is an admission of guilt.
You have just freely and spontaneously admitted to at least aggravated assault while armed. It will be admitted as evidence, ?formal statement? or not.
The police do not "...already know you shot someone...".
They now a shooting has occurred. Nothing more.
When you go to law school you can comment on the motives and reasoning for what attorneys say.
Until then I am inclined to believe what 100% of the attorneys I have ever encountered say "Do not talk to the police".
Most of the time the advice is based on hard lessons learned.

August 16, 2006, 09:32 AM	#53
brickeyee Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2004 Posts: 3,351	""That man tried to stab me, and I shot him" " I am going to make one last comment on this and end it. The simple statement above is an admission of guilt. You have just freely and spontaneously admitted to at least aggravated assault while armed. It will be admitted as evidence, ?formal statement? or not. The police do not "...already know you shot someone...". They now a shooting has occurred. Nothing more. When you go to law school you can comment on the motives and reasoning for what attorneys say. Until then I am inclined to believe what 100% of the attorneys I have ever encountered say "Do not talk to the police". Most of the time the advice is based on hard lessons learned.