An attorney hired by Eric Frein's family to represent the alleged cop killer on the night of his capture claims police prevented him from seeing Frein and refused to tell his client a lawyer was available.
This claim by criminal defense attorney James Swetz could prompt Frein's public defenders to ask that statements Frein made to police the night of his capture be inadmissible at trial..
But, past U-S and Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions in favor of police could make such a request difficult.
In an e-mail sent to the AP on Monday, Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin said, under legal precedent, that *quote* "police have no affirmative duty under the Fifth Amendment to notify a person being interviewed that an attorney is seeking to speak with them."
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