Supreme Court· 4/20/1976

Baxter v. Palmigiano

Citations

425 U.S. 308
96 S. Ct. 1551
47 L. Ed. 2d 810
1976 U.S. LEXIS 115

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that denaturalization defendant’s refusal to answer specific questions “creates a compelling inference that the Government’s allegations against [him] are true.”
concluding that Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against parties to civil actions when they refuse to testify in response to probative evidence offered against them
holding that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to counsel at disciplinary hearings
noting that Griffin “prohibits the judge and prosecutor from suggesting to the jury that it may treat the defendant’s silence as substantive evidence of guilt”
holding that prison disciplinary hearings are not criminal proceedings
explaining that prosecutors must refrain from suggesting jury “may treat the defendant’s silence as substantive evidence of guilt”

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, Burger, Powell, Stewart, White

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