| Doyle v. Ohio | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued February 23, 1976 Decided June 17, 1976 |
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| Full case name | Doyle v. Ohio | |||||
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| The defendant's silence in response to a Miranda warning cannot be used against them. | ||||||
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| Majority | Powell, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall | |||||
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Blackmun, Rehnquist | |||||
Doyle v. Ohio, 426 U.S. 610 (1976), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the Due Process rights of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Supreme Court held that the criminal defendant's silence in response to a Miranda warning cannot be construed to imply an admission.