Legal Opinion
Salinas, Genovevo
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 25, 2012No. PD-0570-11PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWomack, J., joined by Keller, P.J., and Price, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, and Alcala, Jj„
The appellant was convicted of murder. 1 The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. 2 We granted the appellant’s petition for discretionary review on one ground: whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination does not apply to pre-arrest, pre-Miranda 3 silence used as substantive evidence of guilt in cases in which a defendant does not testify. Holding that such silence is admissible, we will affirm the Court of Appeals’s decision and uphold the appellant’s conviction.
I. BACKGROUND
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Salinas v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Commonwealth v. FischereSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Mark Douglas Robison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Paul Anthony Crayton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Arthur Gallegoz v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2026
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