Chavez v. Martinez — Ginsburg, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part

Summary

Justice Ginsburg concurred in part and dissented in part in this case, arguing that the Self-Incrimination Clause applies at the time police use severe compulsion to extract a statement, irrespective of whether the statement was later used in a criminal proceeding. She would have affirmed the Ninth Circuit's judgment holding that Officer Chavez's interrogation of Martinez violated his Fifth Amendment rights. Justice Kennedy, Justice Stevens, and Justice Souter wrote separate opinions dissenting from the reversal of the Ninth Circuit's judgment, while Justice Scalia concurred in the judgment on different reasoning.