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re: DWI lawyer gets arrested

Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:02 pm to
Posted by CottonWasKing
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:02 pm to
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Shannon Bottoms, was issued citations for improper lane usage and failure to change address on a driver’s license


Wut?
Posted by The People
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:03 pm to
In so many words, yes, it is.

We both know that had this guy been a professional about this matter, not to mention sober, he would not have been charged.

This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 3:11 pm
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:03 pm to
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On a traffic stop, an officer can instruct a person to stay back. At that point it is an investigation.


The individual has a right to an attorney to be present.
Posted by oVo
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:03 pm to
I hate BRPD. This wouldn't happen in the city of St. George.
Posted by Golfer
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:05 pm to
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In some many words, yes, it is. We both know that had this guy been a professional about this matter, not to mention sober, he would not have been charged.


Because cops are professional.

That explains the one cursing at me last time I dealt with one when I was sober and replying politely.

And can y'all go arrest one of my old bosses? Grade-A a-hole.
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 3:06 pm
Posted by BruinsWoo
Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:05 pm to
It is a different culture up here, you do get some ahole cops like I encountered down south in college. But most cops up here don't view defense lawyers as bad people to be fricked with, they just view them as people doing their job and they don't take it personally. A few do, but not most.
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:06 pm to
Damn, I know Jarrett. I hope he beats this bullshite.
Posted by theenemy
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:07 pm to
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The individual has a right to an attorney to be present.


Wrong!

If a person invokes their right to counsel, the police cannot question them without the counsel is present.

It doesn't mean the attorney automatcically gets to come into the scene or speak with his/her client at that moment.

It just ends questioning until the cops choose to interview the suspect with the attorney present.
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 3:08 pm
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:10 pm to
police love that "interfereing with an Officer" BS.

I got it at a Saints game one time. A cop grabs a friend of mine and throws him against the wall. I talk to the officer calmly and explain my friend was drunk. Somehow I end up in the Superdome jail and they made the court date the very next day and I had an exam.

So I skipped the court date.

Bench warrant doesn't show in system. I had two LEO buddies check.

Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:11 pm to
How is getting out of a vehicle and talking to your friend a crime exactly?
Posted by rebelJCL
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:12 pm to
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quote: The individual has a right to an attorney to be present. Wrong! If a person invokes their right to counsel, the police cannot question them without the counsel present. It doesn't mean the attorney automatcically gets to come into the scene or speak with his/her client at that moment. It just ends questioning until the cops choose to interview the suspect with the attorney present.


CORRECT... The lawyer cannot interfere with the investigation, especially on the roadside

Not to mention he was intoxicated, hardly think that a lawyer , doctor would act in a professional capacity while drunk and that be acceptable. Maybe if the situation was life or death, but not in this case
Posted by heartbreakTiger
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:14 pm to
pretty sure I have seen the cop that arrested him before in dwi stories. I want to say he had the most one year, so not surprised he would do something like this
Posted by tigerpimpbot
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:15 pm to
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pretty sure I have seen the cop that arrested him before in dwi stories. I want to say he had the most one year, so not surprised he would do something like this


The cop is butthurt that the attorney has been trying to frick with his quota.
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 3:16 pm
Posted by theenemy
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:16 pm to
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How is getting out of a vehicle and talking to your friend a crime exactly?


Because a cop is given the authority to control the scene for safety reasons.

Getting out of the car, causes the cop to have to stop his investigation and deal with the passenger, which is also a safety concern.
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:16 pm to
That's all this is about
Affecting revenue
Posted by Golfer
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:17 pm to
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CORRECT... The lawyer cannot interfere with the investigation, especially on the roadside


I'm pretty sure an attorney can invoke his client's right to counsel for them. But then again I didn't go to law school.

Posted by rebelJCL
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:17 pm to
It's not...UNLESS, the police are doing their jobs and conducting an investigation. And passengers getting out of a vehicle during a traffic stop other than being asked to by an officer, is interfering

Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:17 pm to
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Because a cop is given the authority to control the scene for safety reasons.


So getting out if a car and talking to your friend is a crime? Can you show me where that is?
Posted by monsterballads
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:18 pm to
Is flashing your lights at cars for them to slow down interfering when a cop is shooting radar?
Posted by theenemy
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 3:19 pm to
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Can you show me where that is?


quote:

329. Interfering with a law enforcement investigation
A. Interfering with a law enforcement investigation is the intentional interference or obstruction of a law enforcement officer conducting investigative work at the scene of a crime or the scene of an accident by refusing to move or leave the immediate scene of the crime or the accident when ordered to do so by the law enforcement officer when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the officer is acting in the performance of his official duties.
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