What are the implications of the Court of Appeal's warning that a plaintiff has a right to the presence of appointed counsel during questioning?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Prysock, 127 Cal.App.3d 972, 180 Cal.Rptr. 15 (Cal. App. 1982):
"Here ... nothing in the warnings given [appellant] suggested any limitation on the right to the presence of appointed counsel different from the clearly conveyed rights to a lawyer in general, including the right 'to a lawyer before you are questioned ... while you are being questioned, and all during questioning.' " (California v. Prysock, supra, 101 S.Ct. at p. 2810.)
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