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Mitchell v. U.S., No. 97-7541 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 314; 119 S.Ct. 1307) (April 5, 1999) (Justice Kennedy)

Here the Court held that a defendant's guilty plea does not waive the self-incrimination privilege at sentencing and that the Fifth Amendment does not allow a sentencing judge to draw adverse inferences from a defendant's refusal to speak.

The Supreme Court addressed two important issues in this case: first, whether ...

 

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