GUILTY or NOT?

GUILTY or NOT? / Glossary

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fifth amendment

Protects against self-incrimination. A defendant cannot be compelled to testify against themselves.

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Related category: Confessions & Interrogation

Miranda warnings, custodial questioning and the right to counsel — cases about what the accused said, and whether the police were allowed to hear it. The newest Confessions & Interrogation cases in the library:

• The Cellmate Confession 1990 Illinois v. Perkins — First-Degree Murder
• The Highway Stop 1984 Berkemer v. McCarty — Driving Under the Influence (Misdemeanor)
• The Station-House Interrogation 1979 Dunaway v. New York — Attempted Murder; Robbery
• The Conference Room 2011 J.D.B. v. North Carolina — Breaking and Entering and Larceny (Juvenile Delinquency)
• The Listening Cellmate 1986 Kuhlmann v. Wilson — Murder; Robbery

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See also: Questioning & counsel

• miranda rights
• right to counsel
• sixth amendment

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