defendant-silence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-647 Ross Anthony Scott v. Texas Texas 2023-01-11 Denied circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure defendant-rights defendant-silence fifth-amendment liberal-construction prosecutor-comment prosecutorial-comment self-incrimination In considering whether a prosecutor's comment on a criminal defendant's failure to testify infringes on the defendant's Fifth Amendment privilege agai…
19-5403 Randy Charriez-Rolon v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-ineffectiveness criminal-procedure defendant-silence due-process due-process,self-incrimination,plain-error,ineffec first-circuit-review free-speech plain-error prosecutorial-commentary rule-29-motion silence 1. Whether the First Circuit's op/order affirming Petitioner's sentence and conviction finding no plain error when the United States commented on Pe…