Doyle v. Ohio

Doyle v. Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 23, 1976 Decided June 17, 1976
Full case name	Doyle v. Ohio
Citations	426 U.S. 610 (more)
Holding
The defendant's silence in response to a Miranda warning cannot be used against them.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell, Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Powell, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Blackmun, Rehnquist

Doyle v. Ohio, 426 U.S. 610 (1976), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the Due Process rights of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Holding

The Supreme Court held that the criminal defendant's silence in response to a Miranda warning cannot be used to impeach them during cross examination.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 426
• Jenkins v. Anderson, 447 U.S. 231 (1980)
• Oyez: Doyle v. Ohio 426 US 610 (1976)

Further reading

• O'Keefe, F. R. (1976). "Impeaching a Defendant's Testimony by Proof of Post-Arrest Silence: Doyle v. Ohio". Cleveland State Law Review 25 (2): 261–296. ISSN 0009-8876.