The professor makes sure to point out the United States Supreme Court case that allows your right to remain silent against you unless you specifically, and properly, invoke the right to remain silent. He takes a well thought out approach and offers a great plan of stating your name, and saying simply that you want a lawyer. Saying that you want a lawyer ends any interrogation, creating a situation where you don’t have to say your remaining silent in the first place and taking the power away from the police.
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Salinas v. Texas