Lieutenant Dundy and Tom visits Spade in his Apartment to question him about the death of Thursby and Miles. Dundy comes up with two theories, each accusing Spade of a crime or a foul play. He accuses Spade of killing Thursby as a retribution for Thursby killing Miles. He also accuses Spade of having a hand in Miles’ death, because Spade knew some details about the gun that Miles was shot with and Spade was also afraid to relay the death of Miles to Mrs. Archer. In some countries, these kinds of allegations can be used to place a suspect under arrest and prosecute them. In Salinas vs Texas, The Supreme Court asserted a judgment concerning the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal decision to use pre-arrest silence as substantive evidence of guilt (Odom, Para. 4). One will say why then was Spade able to talk to the Lieutenant with the tone which he used? Spade was able to use a rude voice tone in talking to the Lieutenant Dundy and Tom, because of the relationship he had with them. The Fifth Amendment does not grant anyone the right to be rude to the authorities when they are trying to investigate a
Lieutenant Dundy and Tom visits Spade in his Apartment to question him about the death of Thursby and Miles. Dundy comes up with two theories, each accusing Spade of a crime or a foul play. He accuses Spade of killing Thursby as a retribution for Thursby killing Miles. He also accuses Spade of having a hand in Miles’ death, because Spade knew some details about the gun that Miles was shot with and Spade was also afraid to relay the death of Miles to Mrs. Archer. In some countries, these kinds of allegations can be used to place a suspect under arrest and prosecute them. In Salinas vs Texas, The Supreme Court asserted a judgment concerning the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal decision to use pre-arrest silence as substantive evidence of guilt (Odom, Para. 4). One will say why then was Spade able to talk to the Lieutenant with the tone which he used? Spade was able to use a rude voice tone in talking to the Lieutenant Dundy and Tom, because of the relationship he had with them. The Fifth Amendment does not grant anyone the right to be rude to the authorities when they are trying to investigate a