Ohio v. Reiner, No. 00-1028 (U.S. Supreme Court) (532 U.S. 17; 121 S.Ct. 1252) (March 19, 2001) (Per Curiam)
In this brief, per curiam ruling the Supreme Court held that a witness who claims to have had no involvement in a crime does not, by virtue of that assertion of innocence, automatically forfeit the Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination. In so ruling, the Court reversed a decision of the ...
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