Getting arrested can be a frightening thing. It can make someone feel a variety of emotions, from anger and frustration to shame and disappointment. It’s a vulnerable time, though, and if you aren’t careful, that fact will be used against you. Therefore, it’s important to handle the process of being arrested in the right way, or something that you say or do might later be used against you in court. The first step to doing this is remaining calm. If you let your emotions take hold and guide your actions, it’s very easy to make a bad situation worse. It’s also important that you avoid saying very much. You have a right to remain silent so that you don’t accidentally say something that might later be used against you in court. Given that cops are trained to get these kinds of confessions out of people, you should use your right to remain silent. Lastly, you should call a lawyer, like those at Christina Rivenbark & Associates, as soon as you can. We have experience working with all kinds of criminal charges, from drug offenses
to robbery to assault. The sooner you call a criminal defense lawyer, the sooner they can protect your rights and get to investigating and putting together a defense on your behalf.