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Evidently the speech was effective, because the defendant directed the officers to the dead body, thereby proving he had committed the crime. But the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], in a decision written by the [[conservative]]-leaning Justice [[Potter Stewart]], overturned the conviction based on the [[Sixth Amendment]] privilege against compulsory self-incrimination.
Evidently the speech was effective, because the defendant directed the officers to the dead body, thereby proving he had committed the crime. But the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], in a decision written by the [[conservative]]-leaning Justice [[Potter Stewart]], overturned the conviction based on the [[Sixth Amendment]] privilege against compulsory self-incrimination.
After a second trial, where Williams' statements were not admitted, but where evidence of the body ''was'' admitted, Williams was again convicted. This time, the Supreme Court affirmed the conviction in'' Nix v. Williams'', 467 U.S. 431 (1984).
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[category:Sixth Amendment]]
[[category:Sixth Amendment]]