In a 5-4 decision on June 17 in a Houston murder case, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Genovevo Salinas' claim that Harris County prosecutors violated his Fifth Amendment right when using his silence during a voluntary interrogation as evidence against him at trial.
June 24, 2013 at 12:56 AM
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In a 5-4 decision on June 17 in a Houston murder case, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Genovevo Salinas’ claim that Harris County prosecutors violated his Fifth Amendment right when using his silence during a voluntary interrogation as evidence against him at trial.
The Supreme Court affirmed Salinas v. Texas, a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision that had affirmed Salinas’ conviction in the 1992 murder in Houston.
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