# Need Advice! Brother arrested in Nevada (LONG)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-brother-arrested-in-nevada-long/145673>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-brother-arrested-in-nevada-long/145673 "2002-12-30T14:48:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-brother-arrested-in-nevada-long/145673/21 "2003-01-09T15:46:05Z")

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Jeez, so glad he is free now. The civil suit looks like a no-brainer, too. Good luck!

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-brother-arrested-in-nevada-long/145673/22 "2003-01-09T16:45:25Z")

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Future advice for anyone in a similar situation: get a lawyer right away.

In this case, if your brother qualified for public defender assistance in Nevada, he should have requested a lawyer for the extradition process. This would have given him a lawyer, and even though extradition is pretty much a gimme for Nevada – all they have to do is answer the question of whether or not the governor of Oregon has certified that your brother is a fugitive from justice; they don’t look at the merits of the charges at all – it still was the first step in the due process rights afforded to any accused. By getting a lawyer at that stage, you would have had a zealous advocate who knew how to follow up and get answers.

I cannot emphasize this point enough: ALWAYS GET A LAWYER. Do not rely on your innocence, on the country’s great system of justice, on how it’s all a mistake and will be worked out fine. If you are arrested, even if you’re the next candidate for sainthood, DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE except to request a lawyer. And don’t waive your extradition unless your lawyer advises you to do so.

- Rick

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