Griffin v. California
Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609 (1965), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, by a 6-2 vote, that it is a violation of a defendant's Fifth Amendment rights for the prosecutor to comment to the jury on the defendant's declining to testify, or for the judge to instruct the jury that such silence is evidence of guilt.
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Griffin v. California
Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609 (1965), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, by a 6-2 vote, that it is a violation of a defendant's Fifth Amendment rights for the prosecutor to comment to the jury on the defendant's declining to testify, or for the judge to instruct the jury that such silence is evidence of guilt.
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Griffin v. California, 380 U.S ...... courts because of an 1878 law.
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Prosecutor's reference in clos ...... Supreme Court ruling reversed
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U.S. Const. amend. V, by way of XIV
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Defendant convicted, California court; affirmed, California Supreme Court.
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Subsequent trial ended in a mistrial; third trial found defendant guilty of murder.
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Griffin v. California, 380 U.S ...... silence is evidence of guilt.
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