Commenting just to draw more attention to this.
It's a little long but well worth the watch.
Except to say you're invoking your right to remain silent. That's apparently very important as the cops and court conveniently forget if you don't say it.
I think you have to confirm “am I free to go?”, but IANAL.
It'll also largely depend on jurisdiction.
Really, I'd ask for a lawyer and have the lawyer advise you here. A misinterpretation and suddenly you're violently resisting arrest or something.
Ask for a lawyer and zip it up. Problem is you're not getting to talk to a lawyer right then and there and will continue to be held at the jail. If you know a private attorney or someone hires one, you might, and that is a big might, get to to speak to them in a few hours, but even so, they are almost certainly not getting you home that day. In my state you get a first appearance before a judge the next day where a probable cause hearing is held and bond/bail is set. That's usually the first time you even see an attorney but often you only get to speak to them sometime after that first court appearance. Especially if the hearing is done by video where the accused is at the jail and the attorney is at the courthouse.
I would also guess it depends highly on what jurisdiction is holding you.
This would be really dependant on circumstances, no?
Either they arrest you, or they don't.
If they arrest you, they have like 48 hours to charge you. And arresting you early makes everything harder, and cops hate anything remotely difficult
But they can strongly suggest you have to stay, so most people do.
The only reason you're their is so they can gather enough evidence to charge you, even if you're innocent you might answer a leading question wrong.
There's just nothing you can say/do to change a cops mind, and if you're there, it's because they think you did it.
Rule #1: Don't talk to cops.
Don't talk to cops
Commenting just to draw more attention to this. It's a little long but well worth the watch.
Except to say you're invoking your right to remain silent. That's apparently very important as the cops and court conveniently forget if you don't say it.
I think you have to confirm “am I free to go?”, but IANAL.
It'll also largely depend on jurisdiction.
Really, I'd ask for a lawyer and have the lawyer advise you here. A misinterpretation and suddenly you're violently resisting arrest or something.
Ask for a lawyer and zip it up. Problem is you're not getting to talk to a lawyer right then and there and will continue to be held at the jail. If you know a private attorney or someone hires one, you might, and that is a big might, get to to speak to them in a few hours, but even so, they are almost certainly not getting you home that day. In my state you get a first appearance before a judge the next day where a probable cause hearing is held and bond/bail is set. That's usually the first time you even see an attorney but often you only get to speak to them sometime after that first court appearance. Especially if the hearing is done by video where the accused is at the jail and the attorney is at the courthouse.
I would also guess it depends highly on what jurisdiction is holding you.