Sonoma County Criminal Defense
Attorney

Helping people in need since 1982

Robert Bratberg,   Attorney at Law

    Stopped for a DUI or arrested for any offense? 

     For a free, no-obligation  consultation call: 

                      Call 571-0407  

Know your rights!

There are time limits for you to act.  Call for a free, no-obligation consultation from an experienced attorney.  

Search and Seizure                     Right to Counsel


"The Fourth Amendment provides that '[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.' 'At the very core' of the Fourth Amendment 'stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.' With few exceptions, the question whether a warrantless search of a home is reasonable and hence constitutional must be answered no." ( Kyllo v. United States (2001) 533 U.S. 27, 31.) You have a constitutional right to counsel--the right to have a lawyer's advice--before and during police interrogation. If the police are asking you questions and you think they may think you are involved in a crime, tell them that you do not want to answer questions and that you want a lawyer, regardless of whether you have been given Miranda warnings. Police frequently obtain damaging admissions before you are in custody, and prior to providing Miranda warnings. Do not answer any questions until your lawyer arrives.

 

mailing address:  1014 Hopper #230 Santa Rosa, CA  95403

707 571-0407