ARRESTS

Being arrested is disorienting, and most people don't know what's actually happening to them procedurally in the moment or what rights they still have once it starts. Kansas law distinguishes between arrests made with a warrant and those made without one, and the standard police must meet differs depending on the circumstances. What an officer says, what they're required to tell you, and what happens in the hours immediately after an arrest can all become important later in a case. A lot of what people assume about arrests comes from television, and those assumptions don't always match how it actually works in a Johnson County courtroom. Below, Roth Davies LLC answers some of the most common questions clients bring after an arrest: from what evidence police need, to common misconceptions, to what should happen next.