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U.S. v. HAMPTON

Civil Action No. 11-325.

843 F.Supp.2d 571 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America v. Terrell HAMPTON.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Shapiro, U.S. Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for United States of America.

William Brennan, Law Offices of William J. Brennan, Philadelphia, PA, Dina Chavar, Federal Defender's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Terrel Hampton.

Terrel Hampton, Philadelphia, PA, pro se.

MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

We here address the question of whether silence says anything, particularly in a federal criminal prosecution. Almost five hundred years ago, Sir Thomas More sought to use silence as a shield, wrapping himself in the maxim "silence gives consent"1 when all of England knew he meant no such thing about Henry VIII's Acts of Succession and Supremacy.2

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