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Chavez v. Martinez, No. 01-1444 (U.S. Supreme Court) (538 U.S. 760; 123 S.Ct. 1994) (May 27, 2003) (Justice Thomas)

In this case, a wildly fractured Supreme Court held that a police interrogation of a gravely wounded suspect in the absence of Miranda warnings does not violate the suspect’s Fifth Amendment self-incrimination rights, so long as any statements obtained are not used against him. However, a different grouping of Justices ...

 

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