Supreme Court· 12/10/1984

Smith v. Illinois

Citations

469 U.S. 91
105 S. Ct. 490
83 L. Ed. 2d 488
1984 U.S. LEXIS 167
53 U.S.L.W. 3430

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

holding that \[t]his case concerns the threshold inquiry: whether Smith invoked his right to counsel in the first instance\
holding that “[t]his case concerns the threshold inquiry: whether Smith invoked his right to counsel in the first instance”
holding that a suspect’s “postrequest responses to further interrogation may not be used to cast retrospective doubt on the clarity of the initial request itself’
holding that an accused’s post-request responses to further interrogation may not be used to cast retrospective doubt on the clarity of the initial request itself
holding that a suspect’s “responses to further interrogation [after unambiguously requesting counsel] may not be used to cast retrospective doubt on the clarity of the initial request”
holding that “[t]his case concerns the threshold inquiry: whether Smith invoked his right to counsel in the first instance”

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Judges: Rehnquist, Powell

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