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Legally speaking, the detectives can ask anything they want once the lawyer is available to the client, but if the lawyer asks or demands to speak to the client alone, then police officers are required to leave the room or otherwise allow a private discussion. The fact that the the lawyers in TV shows simply tell their clients not to answer something does not prevent the detectives from continuing to question. Which usually means that the lawyers are pretty damn ineffectual. |
Legally speaking, the detectives can ask anything they want once the lawyer is available to the client, but if the lawyer asks or demands to speak to the client alone, then police officers are required to leave the room or otherwise allow a private discussion. The fact that the the lawyers in TV shows simply tell their clients not to answer something does not prevent the detectives from continuing to question. Which usually means that the lawyers are pretty damn ineffectual. |
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'''Not to be confused''' with the comedy trope where one character asks an overly obvious or hypothetical question, and then [[Genre Savvy|quickly tacks on]], "Don't answer that!" |
'''Not to be confused''' with the comedy trope where one character asks an overly obvious or hypothetical question, and then [[Genre Savvy|quickly tacks on]], "Don't answer that!"—examples of this should go on the [[Rhetorical Question Blunder]] page. |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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