Rights in Georgia if you are arrested | Columbus GA Criminal Defense Lawyer

Your Rights in Georgia if you are arrested

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You can contest the validity of your arrest if an arrest warrant was required and was not obtained before the arrest, or if the arrest warrant was issued without a showing of probable cause. However, you will not be set free because your arrest was illegal You can however ask for exclusion from the trial any evidence found during a search incident to the arrest or any statements made to police after being arrested.

You may invoke the right to remain silent by informing the officers that you do not wish to answer any questions, or that you wish to say nothing till your lawyer is present. If an officer continues to ask questions, it is a violation of your Fifth Amendment rights and any answers you make cannot be admitted.

You have the following rights if you are arrested:

The right to know what charges have been brought against them.
-The right to be told the identity of arresting officers.
-The right to communicate by telephone with an attorney, family, friends or a bondsperson.
-The right to remain silent if questioned by police.
-The right to be represented by an attorney before speaking with police.
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