Mitchell v. United States, 526 U.S. 314 (1999) is a United States Supreme Court case that considered two Fifth Amendment privileges related to a criminal defendant’s rights against self-incrimination in a Federal District Court. First, does a defendant who waives the guilty plea also waive the privilege during the sentencing phase of the trial? Secondly, may an adverse inference be drawn from the defendant's silence when the court is determining facts related to the crime which will affect the severity of the sentence?
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