BRIGGS v. CONNECTICUT

No. 79-6383.

447 U.S. 912 (1980)

BRIGGS v. CONNECTICUT.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 9, 1980.


Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, with whom MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN joins, dissenting.

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids the use for impeachment purposes of evidence that a defendant remained silent after receiving the Miranda warnings at the time of his arrest. Doyle v. Ohio, 426 U.S. 610 (1976). At petitioner's criminal trial, the prosecutor repeatedly brought before the jury...

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