McNeil v. Wisconsin
| McNeil v. Wisconsin | |
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| Argued February 26, 1991 Decided June 13, 1991 | |
| Full case name | Paul McNeil v. State of Wisconsin |
| Citations | 501 U.S. 171 (more) 111 S. Ct. 2204; 115 L. Ed. 2d 158 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Defendant was convicted of murder, and the conviction was affirmed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari. |
| Holding | |
| Invoking the Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not implicitly invoke rights secured by Miranda v. Arizona. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, White, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter |
| Concurrence | Kennedy |
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Marshall, Blackmun |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amends. V, VI | |
McNeil v. Wisconsin, 501 U.S. 171 (1991), held that the right to counsel secured by the Sixth Amendment and the right to counsel protected by Miranda v. Arizona are separate and distinct, such that invoking one does not implicitly invoke the other.