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Getting Arrested: Documents Your Attorney Will Need




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Abstract: If you have been arrested for a crime, your attorney may be interested in seeing documents relating to your alleged crime. Some of these documents may be in your possession. Other documents might be kept by other people or the government, but will be relevant to your case. Here is a checklist of some of the documents that might be relevant to your defense, depending upon the type of crime you have committed.

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