Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas v. Cheever
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- Dec. 11, 2013
- Case
- Kansas v. Cheever
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court. *89 The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "[n]o person ... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself...." The question here is whether the Fifth Amendment prohibits the government…
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