Sharhoana Jenkins v. Brookfield Townhouse Community

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the failure to give Miranda warnings is not grounds for a § 1983 action
• holding that an officer does not necessarily violate the Constitution when he fails to follow Miranda’s rules
• holding that reliance on training materials was not a basis for granting qualified immunity when materials conflicted with the commands of Miranda
• holding that “mere coercion does not violate the text of the Self–Incrimination Clause absent use of the compelled statements in a criminal case against the witness”
• holding that a Fifth Amendment claim alleging a constitutionally invalid confession becomes actionable when an individual makes a self-incriminating statement and the statement is used as evidence against him in a criminal proceeding
• holding that the use of compulsive questioning, without more, does not violate the Constitution, and stating that it is “not until [a statement’s] use in a criminal case that a violation of the Self-Incrimination Clause occurs”

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