Usually, the only time you would plead guilty is if you have a plea agreement worked out with the state.

@@SeanHenricksenLawFirm okay thank you

That’s why the county wants you to get arrested. Most of my videos are how to avoid getting arrested.

@@SeanHenricksenLawFirm While I appreciate your taking the time to respond - it should be pointed out there is another equally valid point of view here. It's about credibility. I'm sure almost everyone I ever arrested for drunk driving told all his (or her) friends they were innocent - but they knew they were guilty and so did I. (Maybe some of their friends knew, too.) It was important to me to do the right thing - that was (1) get drunks off the road, and (2) preserve my credibility by NOT arresting someone who wasn't guilty. By "tricking" people into cooperating, there were times when I had all the probable cause in the world to make the arrest, but determined they were borderline and it might serve the community to give them a good scare and have them undergo the inconvenience of having to call a friend for a ride, while not screwing up their lives with a suspended license and a drunk driving conviction. At this point you're thinking I'm being an ass and overstepping my authority by detaining them longer than necessary, right? Another consideration is that any amount of alcohol (or certain other drugs) in the system can cause impairment, even if it doesn't "rise to the level" established by the court system and other crooked politicians. Consider YOUR CLIENT being the victim of an impaired driver who had just had an encounter with the police, but who was let go because it couldn't be proved the impaired driver was impaired. $$$$$ - am i right??? But it wasn't the potential financial liability that made me an "asshat" - it was not wanting to see your client get hurt in the first place. Now with the advent of KZbin providing a platform for lawyers to perpetuate the myth that the cops are the bad guys, that people should never talk to them or cooperate in any way, to do everything legally possible (and sometimes illegally) to impede the ability to determine the facts of the case and make an informed decision, and last but not least make it even easier for you when you go to court to impeach the credibility of the police. (And going to court is something you will invariably do as you preach non-cooperation with some guy or gal trying to protect the community, hence, the car payment comment.) I can think of a few people who are (or should be) glad they didn't follow your advice to disrespect the police and their efforts to prevent your client getting killed or killing someone else. And by "few" I mean a lot. Then again, I don't expect you to change just because I believe people should be able to live their lives free from the consequences of criminality. You're a product of a law school education. I've helped removed the bodies of children from a minivan hit by a drunk guy who was in the country illegally. I just like to think if the situation was reversed, I would still want to be the good guy.

@@dougearnest7590 There’s a lot here and I don’t disagree with everything you’ve said. Ultimately, the point is that when an officer is investigating someone for anything, they are not on the same side. Those people being investigated have Constitutional rights, and they should exercise those rights more often than people generally do.

@@SeanHenricksenLawFirm - Again, I appreciate your taking time to read and respond. I understand the law - Constitutional rights and the burden being on the government to prove its case. I'm just saying that cooperating with the police is more likely to prevent an innocent person from being arrested than not cooperating. Case in point, if my ex wife died under mysterious circumstances I wouldn't even wait to be contacted. I'd go to the police and say "I presume you want to ask me some questions - fire away." The sooner that was done, the more time they would have to find the killer. And if I was asked to do a field sobriety test, I'd make sure the camera was running. The impression most KZbin lawyers give is "go ahead and get arrested, then call me and I'll get you off". It might be easier since the defendant didn't give them much to go on - and even easier once everyone is conditioned to see the police as the bad guys. The real irony is they could have avoided getting arrested in the first place. Let me edit this to add something. You say when a cop is investigating someone, they are not on the same side. That isn't necessarily true. If the person being investigated isn't guilty, then they ARE on the same side, exchanging information that determines the facts of the case in order to determine what happened, who is guilty, who isn't guilty, etc. Furthermore, if a person willingly, knowingly, etc, commits an offense, he is willingly, knowingly, etc, demonstrating his willingness to lose his freedom from being incarcerated. (Maybe no point to make there, just sayin' - another perspective to consider) 🤠 So, enough time playing on the computer - I should go do something constructive before I start getting billed by the hour.

@@dougearnest7590 You should read Getting LIfe. It's about a man in Texas whose wife was murdered. He did exactly what you said you would do and was sentenced to life. He spent nearly 25 years in prison, before he was able to prove he was innocent. a.co/d/cpFqkC5

Because of assholes like this fool. He supports carnage on OUR highways, all in the name of "You're not the boss of me".

Sounds like a bad deal.

@@SeanHenricksenLawFirm well there's no way I'm taking it and I'm taking it to the supreme Court

I don’t make or change laws. Contact your legislators for change.

If the officer doesn’t have probable cause and still arrests yo, the cop is violating your Constitutional rights. Everything that comes after the arrest stays out of court.

In Indiana, yep. This guy's talking for people who have the money to hire a lawyer, take off from work, and pray the judge isn't in a bad mood.

Indeed, some states will give you the max penalty if refused

Yeah if u refuse then they take u straight to jail. And they will say any reason to have probable cause. I seen u swerve or u were going to slow. And alot of cops in my area will say I don't need a reason. And if your not rich and can't afford a good lawyer then what r u supposed to do? Not everyone can afford one of those.

@@kararodgers2578 You play along and do the tests, you’re still going to jail. You just have a worse chance of winning later in.

@@Liedannoswad They may be able to. It depends on the probation officer.

I charge a flat fee. It doesn’t matter how many settings or phone calls.

Isn’t it a shame that half of the people being charged with a crime are innocent?

@@SeanHenricksenLawFirm lol great response.

I’m sorry you went through that.

Not okay

There’s no Constitutional requirement that there’s a victim.

You’re welcome.

And the worst oart is thag thisngun wasnt even used in a crime it just happened to be at the house so they decided to take it too

Yes, there’s no felony conviction if you complete deferred adjudication.