Berghuis v. Thompkins

In Berghuis v. Thompkins (2010), for example, the court held that a criminal suspect who has been informed of his right to remain silent must explicitly invoke that right before police are required to cease questioning him; merely remaining silent is not enough. (Thus, police are…

…narrower majority (5–4) held in Berghuis v. Thompkins that suspects waive their right to remain silent, and thus acquiesce in the use of their statements in court, unless they “unambiguously” invoke that right—ironically, by speaking—prior to or during police questioning. In Salinas v. Texas (2014), a plurality of the Court…