The Gavel
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Ask about criminal defense strategy, trial procedure, evidence and search & seizure, prosecution decisions, sentencing, and the ethical gray zones lawyers operate in. Get accurate, writer-ready answers from someone who's sat in that chair.

My defense attorney character is sitting in on her client's police interrogation. What can she actually do or say in that room, and what happens if the detectives push past the line?
The police searched my character's apartment without a warrant after a tip from an informant. Can the defense get that evidence thrown out, and how would that hearing actually play out?
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