Estelle v. Smith 451 U.S. 454 (1981)

• Author: Leonard W. Levy
• Pages: 929

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A unanimous Supreme Court held that the protection of the MIRANDA RULES applied to every phase of an in-custody prosecution, and that a psychiatrist's testimony introduced at the penalty phase of a capital trial violated the RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION. At the pretrial interview on which the testimony was based, the defendant had not received the appropriate warnings about his right to silence.

LEONARD W. LEVY

(1986)