Jenkins v. Anderson, 447 U.S. 231

Case citation

Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...

 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the Fifth Amendment

Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. Its guarantees stem from English common law which traces back to the Magna Carta in 1215...

  right against self-incrimination.

Holding

The Supreme Court held that a defendant's silence prior to a Miranda warning

Miranda warning

The Miranda warning is a warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings. In Miranda v...

 can be used by the prosecution to imply an admission. In Doyle v. Ohio

Doyle v. Ohio

Doyle v. Ohio, , is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the Due Process rights of the Fourteenth Amendment.-Holding:The Supreme Court held that the criminal defendant's silence in response to a Miranda warning cannot be construed to imply an admission.-See also:*List of United States...

, the Court held that silence after a Miranda warning cannot be used against the defendant to imply admission to guilt.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 447
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Miranda v. Arizona
  Miranda v. Arizona, , was a landmark 5–4 decision of the United States Supreme Court. The Court held that both inculpatory and exculpatory statements made in response to interrogation by a defendant in police custody will be admissible at trial only if the prosecution can show that the defendant...
  
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