United States v. Mandujano

Mr. Justice Brennan,

with whom Mr. Justice Marshall joins, concurring in the judgment.

I concur in the judgment of the Court, for “even when the privilege against self-incrimination permits an individual to refuse to answer questions asked by the Government, if false answers are given the individual may be prosecuted for making false statements.” Mackey v. United States, 401 U. S. 667, 705 (1971) (Brennan, J., concurring in judgment). Although the *585Fifth Amendment guaranteed respondent the right to refuse to answer the potentially incriminating questions put to him before the grand jury, in…