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If you have been charged with a crime, then you need to seek guidance from a lawyer as soon as possible. Everything you say and do may be used against your case in court. After your arrest and being placed under investigation, you must take advantage of your right to obtain counsel by contacting the criminal defense law firm near you as soon as possible. As a criminal defense lawyer explains below, here is what you need to do after an arrest to protect your best interests. 

Following an arrest, there is a standard procedure that includes interrogation, bond hearing, trial or plea bargain, and sentencing. During the investigation, you may be brought into custody of police and questioned after your arrest. It is vital that you only offer information such as your name but otherwise refrain from answering anything else until the presence of a lawyer. Law enforcement use all kinds of tactics to get people to answer questions and then they use the words of the accused against them. It’s unfair because most people don’t realize what is happening to them until it is too late. It is much more difficult to take back something you already said, than to prevent yourself from making incriminating statements in the first place.

During the bond hearing, a judge will set the amount that is required to release you. For the trial or plea bargaining, depending on what will be in the best interest of your case, your lawyer may negotiate a deal with the prosecution or take your case to trial. Lastly, sentencing is when the judge will impose repercussions once the trial or plea hearing has concluded. Many people who have been arrested and are accused of a crime are intimidated at the process and don’t know what to do. It’s unfortunate because the judicial system is not set up for people to understand what’s going on. It’s almost as if they set people up to fail from the beginning because they may not know when they are making mistakes that greatly hinder their case. 

If you are arrested, keep the following tips in mind. Before and after your arrest one of the most important things to remember is to be calm, cordial, and patient. How you act during the arrest process may make the situation worse. Despite how unjustified the arrest may seem to you, if an officer is set on the arrest, then they are going to do so. The chances of you talking your way out of an arrest in the moment is slim to none. So remain quiet and after your booking process at the police station request a lawyer right away. Refuse to answer any investigative questions until your legal team has arrived and is sitting next to you. Many people make the mistake of thinking that if they are just honest to the police with what they know, that they will be seen as innocent and the charges will be dropped. But rarely is this the case, as law enforcement is probably dedicated to making you seem guilty by whatever means necessary. Protect yourself by staying silent and calling a lawyer, as the team from Law Group of Iowa recommends, immediately.

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