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· 2/13/1998

The PEOPLE OF the TERRITORY OF GUAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cesar Celestian VELORIA, Defendant-Appellant

Citations

  • 136 F.3d 648
  • 98 Daily Journal DAR 1555
  • 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1111
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 2010
  • 1998 WL 57498

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the Fifth Amendment prohibits impeaching a defendant's trial testimony through a police officer's testimony about the defendant's post-arrest silence
  • \The right to remain silent carries an implicit assurance that silence will carry no penalty.\
  • “The right to remain silent carries an implicit assurance that silence will carry no penalty.”

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Judges: Reinhardt, Leavy, Thomas

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