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How do police question a suspect if suspect has lawyer who tells him not to talk?

Suspect stole money from safe. He was one of 5 who had combination, but the other 4 persons discovered and reported the theft to police. The suspect was observed many times coming from area where safe was located, the suspect left his actual signature on labels found in safe, hair samples were in safe as well as a contact name of someone who may have helped him, but police will not go further with an investigation because suspect will not talk. How can the police proceed investigating crimes when suspects are informed not to talk with them?

Public Comments

1. If the suspect doesn't want to talk, then the police can't make them do so. Physical evidence inside the safe really doesn't mean anything in this case. If the suspect had the combination, then it stands to reason that he was allowed to be in the safe for legitimate reasons sometimes, the hair could be explained by that. Everything else is circumstantial only; it doesn't prove that the suspect committed the crime. Based on the information you gave, I doubt I would have probable cause to arrest, let alone enough to convict.
2. they have the right to not speak for what they say can and will be used against them. so even without a lawyer a suspect can stay silent. the Prosecutor has to prove the case, without a shadow of a doubt, from their findings. It's up to the prosecution to prove the case. But getting a suspect to confess saves them the trouble. s/ Jerome
3. They are informed not to talk because that was the purpose of him obtaining a lawyer. The lawyer is now responsible for defending him and will do so when/if the case goes to trial. And finding a hair in a safe that someone has permission to enter (by providing him the combination) does not prove that he is guilty or innocent. Coming and going from the area where the safe is located does not prove guilt or innocence either.
4. They cannot proceed. Once the lawyer tells his client to shush, the interogating officer has to shush too.