United States v. Timothy James Whitehead

How courts have described this case

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• holding that State's usage of or comment on defendant's pre-Miranda, post-arrest silence is unconstitutional
• finding the same constitutional violation as here, but affirming the conviction under the plain error standard of review
• holding unconstitutional comment on post-arrest silence
• holding similar evidence was “overwhelming” and “determinative”
• finding harmless error where “physical evidence [is] virtually conclusive of guilt.”
• admission of evidence of defendant’s post-arrest, pre-Miranda silence “plainly infringed upon [defendant’s] privilege against self-incrimination” and warrants reversal as long as error affected outcome of proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).