277 Ga. App. 742 - Haggins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “A comment upon a defendant's silence or failure to come forward is far more prejudicial than probative, and therefore will not be allowed. Nevertheless, to reverse a conviction, the evidence of the defendant's election to remain silent must point directly at the substance of the defendant's defense or otherwise substantially prejudice the defendant in the eyes of the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of M. C., a Child

2. “The Fifth Amendment requires the exclusion of any statement made by an accused during custodial interrogation, unless he has been advised of his [ Miranda ] rights and has voluntarily waived those rights. [However, a] defendant's spontaneous, voluntary, unprompted utterance to a police officer is admissible against him at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DIAZ v. the STATE.