View Single Post
Old August 30, 2011, 12:36 AM   #89
MLeake
Senior Member
 
Join Date: November 15, 2007
Location: Outside KC, MO
Posts: 10,128
Glenn Dee, Mas is the last person to advise people to say nothing. I know; I took his MAG-40 class two weeks ago.

His advice (similar to the advice in his books) is that saying nothing and lawyering up is what guilty people do; it's what attorneys who are accustomed to representing actually guilty people advise their clients to do; and it will immediately raise red flags for investigating officers.

What Mas recommends doing is basically:

1) Describe the dynamic - EG that guy attacked me with a knife
2) State willingness to sign the complaint.
3) Point out any witnesses, before they disappear.
4) Point out any evidence, before it disappears.
5) At that point, tell the officers you will give a statement and cooperate further, after consulting with counsel.
MLeake is offline  
 
Page generated in 0.03121 seconds with 8 queries