During the preliminary stages, if there is reasonable suspicion, the suspect can be placed in garde à vue. It is customary for the police to notify the prosecutor of the crime, although, as mentioned above, formal procedures are not always followed. Detention in garde à vue usually lasts up to twenty-four hours, but is extended if necessary. of time may be authorized for another twenty-four hours. This would be granted by the prosecutor, for more serious crimes further extensions may be granted by the juge d'instructionat or the juge d'instructionat juge des libertés et de la detention at the request of the prosecutor. In cases such as these, the suspect's right to speak to a lawyer can be delayed for up to seventy-two hours. Prior to the changes to the law that came into force in June 2011, the defendant would normally have had access to a lawyer for thirty minutes before the start of detention but will now be able to have access throughout the garde a vue. Goldstein and Marcus implied that the defense attorney's role was submissive with little input into the development of new evidence which essentially weakened the case.