Paul Johnson v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District

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• holding that admission of evidence that defendant asked not to be questioned without an attorney was reversible error
• holding that post-M- randa warning invocation of Miranda rights could not be used as evidence of a person’s sanity
• holding that postconviction, presentencing silence does not resemble postarrest silence induced by assurances in Miranda warnings
• holding that postconviction, presentencing silence does not resemble postarrest silence induced by assurances in Miranda warnings
• ruling that prosecution’s attempt to overcome insanity plea through defendant’s invocation of right to silence is fundamentally unfair
• holding that “Miranda warnings 18 contain an implied promise, rooted in the Constitution, that silence will carry no penalty”

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