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Will Scott Rothstein Get A Voluntary Surrender?

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

The public takes for granted when they hear that someone "surrendered to authorities."Surrendering to authorities means that either there is a mature, experienced agent or police officer on the case, or that heavy negotiations took place, or that there's some pissed off cop who didn'tget a chance to have his "fun."I say "fun" because recently I asked for a voluntary surrender for a client and was told by the officer: "well, making those 6:30 a.m. arrests are really the only fun we have anymore."There is no policy for voluntary surrenders, a topic about which I previously wrote.Recently I developed my own policy after a client who answered some questions in an effort to cooperate with a federal agent was picked up 2 years later at 5:30 a.m. because the prosecutor rejected the agent's request for a voluntary surrender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on November 16, 2009 (boomark / email).