May 29, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court said it will not decide whether a onetime criminal defendant's compelled statements were improperly used against him before trial, dismissing the petition on Tuesday as having been "improvidently granted" despite having already heard oral arguments.
February 20, 2018
A city in Kansas asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to hold that the Constitution's guarantee against self-incrimination is a trial right only, and wasn't violated when the government used compelled statements at a probable cause hearing for a police officer charged with keeping a knife he found on the job.
February 16, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court will enter the underworld of burglars, spouse abusers and drug dealers in its first week back on the bench after a long winter recess, hearing a busy criminal docket presenting constitutional questions around double jeopardy and self-incrimination that are critical to the white collar bar.