Griffin v. California, No. 202 (U.S. Supreme Court) (380 U.S. 609; 85 S.Ct. 1229) (April 28, 2065) (Justice Douglas)
Here the Court held that the Fifth Amendment, in its direct application to the Federal Government, and in its bearing on the States by reason of the Fourteenth Amendment, forbids either comment by the prosecution on the accused's silence or instructions by the court that such silence is evidence of ...
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