Garrity v. New Jersey
1967 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that law enforcement officers and other public employees have the right to be free from compulsory self-incrimination.[1] It gave birth to the Garrity warning, which is administered by investigators to suspects in internal and administrative investigations in a similar manner as the Miranda warning is administered to suspects in criminal investigations.
Quick Facts Garrity v. New Jersey, Argued November 10, 1966 Decided January 16, 1967 ...
Garrity v. New Jersey | |
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Argued November 10, 1966 Decided January 16, 1967 | |
Full case name | Edward J. Garrity et al. v. State of New Jersey |
Citations | 385 U.S. 493 (more) 87 S. Ct. 616; 17 L. Ed. 2d 562 |
Case history | |
Prior | State v. Naglee, 44 N.J. 209, 207 A.2d 689 (1965); State v. Holroyd, 44 N.J. 259, 208 A.2d 146 (1965). |
Holding | |
Where police officers being investigated were given choice either to incriminate themselves or to forfeit their jobs under New Jersey statute on ground of self-incrimination, and officers chose to make confessions, confessions were not voluntary but were coerced, and Fourteenth Amendment prohibited their use in subsequent criminal prosecution in state court. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Brennan, Fortas |
Dissent | Harlan, joined by Clark, Stewart |
Dissent | White |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. V., XIV |
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