A Ninth Circuit opinion frightened me today because it reverses the first degree murder conviction of Jerome Alvin Anderson. The opinion in Anderson v. Terhune written by the Hon. M. Margaret McKeown stirs up this Constitutional controversy — the Fifth Amendment and when you’ve truly invoked it.
Jerome Alvin Anderson was arrested in Shasta County on suspicion of murdering a friend for stealing another friend’s car. According to Judge McKeown, writing for the majority, this is how his interrogation went: WAIT! THERE'S MORE »
