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Jenkins v. Anderson

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Jenkins v. Anderson

Jenkins v. Anderson, 447 U.S. 231 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination .

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Holding

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The Supreme Court held that a defendant's silence prior to a Miranda warning can be used by the prosecution to imply an admission. In _Doyle v. Ohio _, the Court held that silence after a Miranda warning cannot be used against the defendant to imply admission to guilt.

See also

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Further reading

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  • Brenman, L. (1981). "Jenkins v. Anderson: The Fifth Amendment Fails to Protect Prearrest Silence". Denver Law Journal. 59: 145. ISSN  0011-8834 .

External links

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How courts have described this case

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  • finding plaintiff failed to show affirmatively by the record that the trial court erroneously found that statements made in letter were privileged when record showed that the trial court considered the letter during the untranscribed hearing

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