before he was arrested or read his Miranda rights
Unfortunately, Uncle Kirk's advice will now get you convicted.This is pre-arrest, thus Miranda is not triggered.
And what has Uncle Kirk always told you? Right, shut your baconhole.
Unfortunately, Uncle Kirk's advice will now get you convicted.
Salinas answered some questions but did not answer when asked if a shotgun he had access to would match up with the murder weapon.
Prosecutors in Texas used his silence on that question in convicting him of murder, saying it helped demonstrate his guilt.
The court decision was down its conservative/liberal split, with Alito's judgment joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia.
Liberal Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented. "In my view the Fifth Amendment here prohibits the prosecution from commenting on the petitioner's silence in response to police questioning," Breyer said in the dissent.
Unfortunately, Uncle Kirk's advice will now get you convicted.
Why do the court conservatives hate the constitution?
The article clearly says that NOT answering a question can now be used to convict.
No, when I means "shut yer baconhole" I means "shut your baconhole".
The defendant tried to play the "I is so smart" game and, oddly, lost by picking and choosing the questions he answered.
Shut up. Shutting up means not "going downtown" to answer questions.
If you got a warrant you might as well come on in but I am not talking.
The 5th has always existed. We don't need the state to be required to tell us.
The 5th has always existed. We don't need the state to be required to tell us.
WE dont need to know that because we are patriots with a clue. The miranda is for those fellow citizens who dont pay attention to whats important. (only the Kardashians, who is getting voted off the island, etc)
On a side note: I've always wondered at the love affair with Miranda. I come back to that scene in one of the Shrek movies: "Donkey, you HAVE the right to remain silent. What you lack is the ability." Or something along that lines. I don't think I will ever understand the mental gymnastics used to justify a legal precedent that says that the people trying to convict you had to tell you that you had the right not to answer in the first place. The 5th has always existed. We don't need the state to be required to tell us.