U.S. v. HAMPTON

Civil Action No. 11-325.

843 F.Supp.2d 571 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America v. Terrell HAMPTON.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Shapiro , U.S. Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for United States of America.

William Brennan , Law Offices of William J. Brennan, Philadelphia, PA, Dina Chavar , Federal Defender's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Terrel Hampton.

Terrel Hampton , Philadelphia, PA, pro se.


MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

We here address the question of whether silence says anything, particularly in a federal criminal prosecution. Almost five hundred years ago, Sir Thomas More sought to use silence as a shield, wrapping himself in the maxim "silence gives consent"1 when all of England knew he meant no such thing about Henry VIII's Acts of Succession and Supremacy.2

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