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dobirdman
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I was recently charged with committing a felonious act. The police called me and asked me to come in and talk to them because they were doing a criminal investigation and my name came up. Despite several requests, the officer would not tell me why I was being asked to come in. I went in the next day and two police officers, without reading me my rights, immediately began questioning me in the interrogation room. After denying everything for a while, I couldn't handle it anymore and gave an incriminating statement because I just wasn't prepared for what had just occurred. The incident had occurred over 1 year ago and was a blur in my memory. I was questioned about an incident that occurred on July 3, 1999 and when I was arraigned, the dates encompassed July 1-July 5. After thinking about it, I realized that I had been in Ocean City MD during that entire time period. My public defender, I couldn't afford an attorney, said that when I introduce my alibi as defense, the DA can amend the charges to include a several month long period. Is this so, of does my PD just not want to go to trial? Also, considering the violation of my Miranda rights and the fact that the police lured me into the station by never telling me what I would be questioned about, what do you think my chances of beating this thing are? One last thing. When I was arraigned, the night court judge made electronic monitoring part of my bail conditions because he said that I had violated probation. Problem is that I wasn't on probation at the time of the incident. Is this unlawful detainment, and if so should I be entitled to compensation or should this count towards time served if I am convicted?