Adamson v. California

Adamson (defendant) was tried for first-degree murder in California. He chose not to testify, and the court instructed the jury that it could draw inferences of guilt from his failure to deny the evidence against him. Adamson argued this violated the Fourteenth Amendment.

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevents a jury in a state trial from drawing inferences from a defendant's invocation of the privilege against self-incrimination.