Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

dwi

arrested for dwi and upon arriving to police station ask for a lawyer due to i did not no if i should refuse the test or take it or ask to go to the hospital for blood work. i also was questioned extensively. my request was refused stating you do not need one and you are not getting one. is this legal?


Asked on 12/08/07, 5:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: dwi

Any defendant in police custody is legally entitled at some point to request and to have an attorney come to advise him or her as the accused.

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Answered on 12/08/07, 7:57 pm


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