Mitchell v. United States
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Mitchell v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the scope of Fifth Amendment protections, particularly concerning a defendant’s right against self-incrimination at sentencing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mitchell v. United States canonical | 3 |
| Mitchell v. United States, 526 U.S. 314 (1999) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3615232 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mitchell v. United States Context triple: [Boynton v. Virginia, relatedCase, Mitchell v. United States]
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A.
United Public Workers v. Mitchell
United Public Workers v. Mitchell is a 1947 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Hatch Act’s restrictions on federal employees’ political activities.
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B.
Dennis v. United States
Dennis v. United States is a landmark 1951 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the convictions of Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act, significantly shaping First Amendment jurisprudence on speech advocating the overthrow of the government.
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C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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D.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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E.
Oregon v. Mitchell
Oregon v. Mitchell was a 1970 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the constitutionality of federal laws regulating state and local election procedures, including provisions of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mitchell v. United States Target entity description: Mitchell v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the scope of Fifth Amendment protections, particularly concerning a defendant’s right against self-incrimination at sentencing.
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A.
United Public Workers v. Mitchell
United Public Workers v. Mitchell is a 1947 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Hatch Act’s restrictions on federal employees’ political activities.
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B.
Dennis v. United States
Dennis v. United States is a landmark 1951 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the convictions of Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act, significantly shaping First Amendment jurisprudence on speech advocating the overthrow of the government.
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C.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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D.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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E.
Oregon v. Mitchell
Oregon v. Mitchell was a 1970 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the constitutionality of federal laws regulating state and local election procedures, including provisions of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fifth Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional criminal procedure
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sentencing law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1998-10-06 ⓘ |
| citation | 526 U.S. 314 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1999-04-05 ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority opinion with dissent ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Stephen G. Breyer
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surface form:
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
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| docketNumber | 97-7541 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Mitchell v. United States
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mitchell v. United States, 526 U.S. 314 (1999)
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| holding |
A guilty plea does not waive the self-incrimination privilege at sentencing
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A sentencing court may not draw an adverse inference from a defendant’s silence in determining facts about the crime that bear upon the severity of the sentence ⓘ |
| impact |
clarified that defendants retain Fifth Amendment protections through sentencing
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limited the ability of sentencing courts to penalize a defendant’s silence ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
William H. Rehnquist
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surface form:
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Clarence Thomas
David H. Souter ⓘ
surface form:
Justice David H. Souter
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
surface form:
Justice John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
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| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| languageOfDecision | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
scope of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination at sentencing
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whether a guilty plea waives the privilege against self-incrimination at sentencing ⓘ whether a sentencing court may draw an adverse inference from a defendant’s silence ⓘ |
| lowerCourtDisposition | affirmed in part and reversed in part ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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surface form:
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
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| originatingCourt | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ |
| page | 314 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Amanda Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
adverse inference from silence
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effects of guilty plea on constitutional rights ⓘ privilege against self-incrimination ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| subjectMatter | federal drug offense sentencing ⓘ |
| subsequentCitationFrequency | frequently cited in Fifth Amendment sentencing jurisprudence ⓘ |
| volume | 526 ⓘ |
| vote | 8-1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Mitchell v. United States Description of subject: Mitchell v. United States is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the scope of Fifth Amendment protections, particularly concerning a defendant’s right against self-incrimination at sentencing.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal
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relatedCase
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Mitchell v. United States
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subject surface form:
Boynton v. Virginia
this entity surface form:
Mitchell v. United States, 526 U.S. 314 (1999)