Jenkins v. Anderson

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants = Jenkins v. Anderson
ArgueDate = January 8
ArgueYear = 1980
DecideDate = June 10
DecideYear = 1980
FullName = Jenkins v. Anderson, Warden
USVol = 447
USPage = 231
Citation = 100 S.Ct. 2124; 65 L.Ed. 2d 86
Prior =
Subsequent =
Holding = The Fifth Amendment is not violated by the use of prearrest silence to impeach a criminal defendant's credibility.
SCOTUS = 1975-1981
Majority = Powell
JoinMajority = Burger, White, Blackmun, Rehnquist
Concurrence = Stewart
Concurrence2 = Stevens
Dissent = Marshall
JoinDissent = Brennan
LawsApplied =

"Jenkins v. Anderson", 447 U.S. 231 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate oneself.

Holding

The Supreme Court held that defendants' silence "before" the Miranda warning is given can be used against them. In "Doyle v. Ohio", the Court held that silence "after" a Miranda warning is given cannot be used against the defendant.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 447
*"Miranda v. Arizona", ussc|384|436|1966

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Brenman |first=L. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1981 |month= |title="Jenkins v. Anderson": The Fifth Amendment Fails to Protect Prearrest Silence |journal=Denver Law Journal |volume=59 |issue= |pages=145 |issn=0011-8834 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Ciarelli |first=Sara |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2003 |month= |title=Pre-Arrest Silence: Minding That Gap between Fourth Amendment Stops and Fifth Amendment Custody |journal=The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology |volume=93 |issue=2/3 |pages=651–680 |doi=10.2307/1144322 |url= |accessdate= |quote=