DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Do the protections of Doyle v. Ohio apply when a defendant selectively invokes his right to remain silent?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Do the protections of Doyle v. Ohio, 426 U.S. 610 (1976)—which prohibit a prosecutor on commenting on a defendant’s postMiranda warning invocation of silence—apply when a defendant selectively invokes his right to remain silent as to certain topics, but freely answers questions on other topics? i INTERESTED PARTIES Petitioner Albert Jones is an inmate in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, California. Mr. Jones was the defendant in the superior court and the appellant below. Respondent is the State of California. ii RULE 14.1(b)Gii) STATEMENT There are no proceedings directly related to the case in this Court. ili