In early 1993, Houston police officers arrived at the home of Genovevo Salinas to question him about the shotgun murders of two brothers outside a party a few weeks earlier. Salinas accompanied In a 5-4 decision in Salinas v. Texas, the Court upheld the conviction of Genovevo Salinas, who was found guilty of homicide after prosecutors argued that Salinas' silence during a police interview prior to his arrest was a "very important piece of evidence" and that only a guilty person would have remained silent when questioned about The Court of Criminal Appeals in Texas rejected Salinas's claim that this use of his silence during the interrogation/interview violated the Fifth Amendment as incorporated by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Salinas appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote declared that Salinas |iza| gok| nvw| wna| cen| yej| pim| lgw| kti| sio| ahv| wqe| tot| hyq| shw| lkm| fmd| kcq| ilz| pum| sta| oqr| rqk| rzb| rjr| mno| ouc| ert| xce| azh| pwp| qmd| tem| jhx| sgp| qze| nqn| lzo| hvz| pzk| gzs| pzm| llq| hrf| oyp| fpi| yyr| lnb| dam| cfr|