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Raol Duke and B Seagle. This advice is good not only for the US but for any jurisdiction with an English legal history.
I agree strongly with the need to contact the Police early, and to exercise the right to remain silent at least until you have conferred with an experienced criminal lawyer.
Your comment about legal pedants is a particularly good one. If a client has the time and money to run a pedantic argument before an Appeal Court they may see mileage but courts of first instance tend to determine matters very much upon their facts.
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