Twining v. New Jersey (1900)
- Docket
- 10
- Decided
- 1900-1940-
Summary
Question: Does comment upon a defendant's failure to testify violate the Fourteenth Amendment? Conclusion: Neither the Privileges and Immunities Clause nor the Due Process Clause embraces the right against self-incrimination found in the Fifth Amendment. Moody rested the Court's opinion on the historical record, which led him to the view that the right against self-incrimination was not fundamental.