Simmons v. U.S., No. 55 (U.S. Supreme Court) (390 U.S. 377; 88 S.Ct. 967) (March 18, 2068) (Justice Harlan)
In this case the Court addressed the admissibility of statements made by criminal defendants in exclusionary hearings to suppress evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and it held that such statements are protected by the Fifth Amendment. Its rationale for that holding was that "it is intolerable that ...
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