united-states constitutional-law criminal-procedure
Which amendment does this violate?
<p>Bob requests a lawyer to be present while the police interview him after being arrested. The police just laugh.</p>

<p>The Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees assistance of counsel for the accused in all criminal prosecutions. The Fifth Amendment protects a person from being forced to self-incriminate. Taken together, in <a href="https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/384/436.html" rel="noreferrer">Miranda v. Arizona</a>, the Supreme Court interpreted this to mean that police cannot continue interrogation after you have requested an attorney. Laughter is actually not a violation of your rights, the violation would come from continuing to interrogate you, or in prohibiting you from contacting your attorney or not providing an attorney if you cannot afford one (via the public defender's office).</p>

<p>In the United States, this does not violate Bob's constitutional rights.</p>
<p>If the police stop laughing and start asking Bob questions or otherwise attempting to elicit information from him, that would violate Bob's Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel.</p>
