Wainwright v. Greenfield
| Wainwright v. Greenfield | |
|---|---|
| Argued November 13, 1985 Decided January 14, 1986 | |
| Full case name | Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Greenfield |
| Citations | 474 U.S. 284 (more) 106 S. Ct. 634; 88 L. Ed. 2d 623; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 41 |
| Holding | |
| The prosecutor's use of respondent's postarrest, post-Miranda warnings silence as evidence of sanity violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stevens, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Rehnquist, joined by Burger |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
Wainwright v. Greenfield, 474 U.S. 284 (1986), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court reversed the lower court's finding and overturned the petitioner's conviction, on the grounds that it was fundamentally unfair for the prosecutor to comment during the court proceedings on the petitioner's silence invoked as a result of a Miranda warning.