Should I talk to the Police, or make statements to them?
The Fifth Amendment protects you from incriminating yourself by your own words.
When you talk to the police, in most situations, you waive that Fifth Amendment right and they will have the ability to use your statements against you at Trial.
Miranda warnings apply only if you are in custody or under arrest. You still have these rights if you are in your car, your home, on the street or anywhere, even if you walk into a police station voluntarily. But the police do not have to tell you by reading you Miranda Rights or ask you to sign a card; but they can still use the statements at Trial.
So you waive one of your most important constitutional rights by speaking to police.
There are very few cases in which a person police are interested in questioning or charging charged, whom the police are contemplating charging with a crime, or even merely a person of interest, where it will ever be in their interest to talk to police.
THESE GENERALLY ARE VERY RARE CASES. The more general rule is: "JAKE SAYS DON'T SAY JACK." In almost all cases DO NOT SPEAK TO THE POLICE ABOUT YOUR CASE. Otherwise you may be faced these statements and trying to keep them out at Trial. You may also have already aided the Commonwealth substantially in any effort to prosecute and convict you.
Do not be impolite, do not be sarcastic, do not be surly, just tell them unequivocally that you do not want to talk to them or tell them ANYTHING at the present time. You want to speak to a lawyer, and if anything changes, you will let them know.
Then do not talk to them!
DO NOT MAKE STATEMENTS IF YOU THINK YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE CHARGED WITH A CRIME, AND MAYBE EVEN IF YOU AREN'T.
If you value your important constitutional rights, before you say ANYTHING, it is important to consult with your lawyer, before you make any statements to anyone about a crime, or even an accident. Otherwise you may be facing those statements you made at Trial, whether Miranda warnings were read to you or not.