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Solem Vs. Stumes

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 29, 1984

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  1. Robinson Vs. Neil US Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1973
  2. Stovall Vs. Denno US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1967
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  3. Arsenault Vs. Massachusetts US Supreme Court · Oct 14, 1968
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  4. Michigan Vs. Tucker US Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1974
  5. North Carolina Vs. Butler US Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1979
  6. U.S. 638 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Solem v. Stumes
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  7. U.S. 638 (1984) Solem v. Stumes
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  8. corpus in Federal District Court, which denied the writ. While respondent's appeal was pending, this Court, in Edwards v. Arizona
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  9. U. S. 655 . JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. The question in this case is whether Edwards v. Arizona
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  10. that once a suspect has invoked the right to counsel, any subsequent conversation must be initiated by him. Edwards v. Arizona
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  11. that the conduct at issue here violated Edwards. We need not decide whether the police also violated Miranda v. Arizona
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  12. Nonetheless, retroactive application is not compelled, constitutionally or otherwise. Great Northern R. Co. v. Sunburst
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  13. Oil & Refining Co., 287 U. S. 358 , 287 U. S. 364 (1932). Since Linkletter v. Walker
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  14. U. S. 618 (1965), which held that Mapp v. Ohio
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  15. U.S. at 381 U. S. 628 . The basic principles of retroactivity in criminal cases were established in Linkletter v. Walker
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  16. Page 465 U. S. 643 Johnson v. New
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  17. appropriate where a new constitutional principle is designed to enhance the accuracy of criminal trials. See Williams v. United
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  18. Johnson v. New
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  19. as entirely unrelated to the accuracy of the final result as it is in the Fourth Amendment context. See United States v. Peltier
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  20. Desist v. United
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  21. cannot be said to be a sine qua non of fair and accurate interrogation. We faced a similar situation in Stovall v. Denno
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  22. of these is Miranda itself, which was held to apply only to trials taking place after it was decided. Johnson v. New
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  23. Williams v. United
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  24. that goes to the heart of the truthfinding function, which we have consistently held to be retroactive. E.g., Brown v. Louisiana
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  25. Hankerson v. North
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  26. rule, designed to implement preexisting rights. This Court has not applied such decisions retroactively. See Michigan v. Payne
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  27. Halliday v. United
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  28. United States v. Johnson
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  29. Brown v. Louisiana
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  30. rule. We do not think that the police can be faulted if they did not anticipate its per se approach. Cf. Adams v. Illinois
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  31. case-by-case matter, a waiver of the right to counsel had been knowing, voluntary, and intelligent. See Johnson v. Zerbst
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  32. U. S. 458 , 304 U. S. 464 (1938). As we said in North Carolina v. Butler
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  33. U. S. 369 , 441 U. S. 374 -375 (1979), relying on Johnson v. Zerbst
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  34. U.S. at 441 U. S. 375 . See also Fare v. Michael
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  35. The Miranda majority, 384 U.S. at 384 U. S. 475 , viewed the waiver question as controlled by Johnson v. Zerbst
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  36. that view by one of the dissenters, 384 U.S. at 384 U. S. 513 -514 (Harlan, J., dissenting). See also Tague v. Louisiana
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  37. The Court had several times refused to adopt per se rules governing the waiver of Miranda rights. Michigan v. Mosley
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  38. supra. See also Brown v. Illinois
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  39. The state of the law in the lower courts prior to the Edwards decision bears out this reality. Cf. Michigan v. Payne
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  40. resume questioning after a defendant has asked for an attorney was acknowledged to be unsettled. See United States v. Hernandez
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  41. United States v. Herman
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  42. n. 8 (CA5 1977). Some courts prohibited resumption of questioning unless initiated by the suspect. E.g., United States v. Womack
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  43. United States v. Priest
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  44. On the other hand, a number of courts allowed renewed interrogations after a request for counsel. E.g., Blasingame v. Estelle
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  45. White v. Finkbeiner
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  46. United States v. Rodriguez-Gastelum
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  47. Hill v. Whealon
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  48. F.2d 629 (CA6 1974). See also United States v. Clark
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  49. In Johnson v. New
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Solem v. Stumes
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