# Free Police Interrogation Advice...

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**Created:** [August 2, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-police-interrogation-advice/761532 "2016-08-02T06:58:53Z")\
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WRT this part of the Miranda rights:  
“If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish”.

Who decides whether I can afford attorney or not? Is my saying I cannot afford a lawyer good enough for them? I ask because I remember reading years ago about someone who was denied a public defender because a judge reviewed the defendants assets and determined he should be able to afford his own lawyer, even if he had to sell his house and his possessions.

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