CALIFORNIA v. BYERS

No. 75.

402 U.S. 424 (1971)

CALIFORNIA v. BYERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1971


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise H. Renne, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and Albert W. Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General.

John W. Poulos, by appointment of the Court, 400 U.S. 813, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE STEWART, MR. JUSTICE WHITE, and MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN join.

This case presents the narrow but important question of whether the constitutional privilege against compulsory self-incrimination is infringed by California's so-called "hit and run" statute which requires the driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident to stop at the scene and give his name and address...

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