Si alguien es arrestado, tiene el derecho de llamar a un abogado y a su familia. Debe poder hacerlo pronto después de ser llevado a la comisaría o cárcel.
Es como cuando te pierdes en una ciudad nueva y necesitas llamar a un amigo para pedir ayuda. Tienes el derecho de hacer esa llamada para que te ayuden.
Imagina que Juan es arrestado por una infracción menor. Al llegar a la cárcel, tiene derecho a hacer varias llamadas. Primero llama a su abogado y luego a su hermana para avisarle lo que ocurrió.
C.R.S. 16-3-402 – Right to communicate with attorney and family (1) Persons who are arrested shall have the right to communicate with an attorney of their choice and a member of their family by making a reasonable number of telephone calls or by communicating in any other reasonable manner. Such communication shall be permitted at the earliest possible time after arrival at the police station, sheriff’s office, jail, or other like confinement facility to which such person is first taken after arrest. (2) If the accused is transferred to a new place of custody, his right to communicate with an attorney and a member of his family is renewed. (2.5) If the victim is able to demonstrate through the use of caller identification or other credible evidence that the incarcerated defendant has called the victim from the jail or correctional facility in violation of the protection order issued pursuant to section 18-1-1001 , C.R.S., or in violation of any other valid protection order or emergency protection order in effect, the defendant shall not be entitled to further telephone calls except to such defendant’s attorney, which calls shall be placed by a jail or correctional facility staff member. If the defendant was arrested for violating an order not to contact certain family members, the right to contact those family members by telephone shall be prohibited, and the jail or correctional facility staff shall place all outgoing telephone calls that the defendant wishes to make that a
Tienes derecho a comunicarte con tu abogado tan pronto como llegues a la comisaría o cárcel. Esto debe hacerse en un tiempo razonable.
Sí, puedes llamar a un miembro de tu familia, siempre y cuando no haya una orden de restricción que lo impida.
Si te trasladan a otro lugar de custodia, tu derecho a comunicarte con un abogado y tu familia se restablece nuevamente.
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