Estelle v. Smith 451 U.S. 454 (1981)

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ESTELLE v. SMITH 451 U.S. 454 (1981)

A unanimous Supreme Court held that the protection of the miranda rules applied to every phase of an in-custody prosecution, and that a psychiatrist's testimony introduced at the penalty phase of a capital trial violated the right against self-incrimination. At the pretrial interview on which the testimony was based, the defendant had not received the appropriate warnings about his right to silence.

Leonard W. Levy
(1986)

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Estelle v. Smith 451 U.S. 454 (1981)

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