SALINAS v. TEXAS

No. 12-246.

133 S.Ct. 2174 (2013)

186 L.Ed.2d 376

Genovevo SALINAS, Petitioner v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Fisher , Stanford, CA, for Petitioner.

Alan K. Curry , Houston, TX, for Respondent.

Ginger D. Anders , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondent.

Neal Davis , Neal Davis Law Firm, PLLC, Houston, TX, Kevin K. Russell , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Washington, DC, Jeffrey L. Fisher , Counsel of Record, Pamela S. Karlan , Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA, Dick DeGuerin , DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Mike Anderson , District Attorney, Alan Keith Curry , Counsel of Record, Carol M. Cameron , Eric Kugler , David C. Newell , Assistant District Attorneys, Harris County District Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Respondent.


Justice ALITO announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and Justice KENNEDY join.

Without being placed in custody or receiving Miranda warnings, petitioner voluntarily answered the questions of a police officer who was investigating a murder. But petitioner balked when the officer asked whether a ballistics test would show that the shell casings found at the crime scene would match petitioner's shotgun. Petitioner...

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