Opinion ID: 527010
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Heading: Granviel's Fifth Amendment Claim

Text: 53 Granviel waived any fifth amendment privilege against the introduction of the psychiatric testimony. He raised the question of his sanity. The prosecution rebutted that claim with the testimony of these examining psychiatrists. Raising an insanity defense constitutes a waiver of the defendant's protection against self-incrimination with regard to psychiatric testimony. Buchanan v. Kentucky, 483 U.S. 402, 107 S.Ct. 2906, 2917-18, 97 L.Ed.2d 336 (1987); Schneider v. Lynaugh, 835 F.2d 570, 577 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 109 S.Ct. 87, 102 L.Ed.2d 63 (1988). Here, as in Buchanan, the psychiatrists' reports were introduced to rebut the defendant's insanity defense. The psychiatrists did not reveal any admissions of the defendant concerning his crime. Therefore, the admission of their testimony, despite the fact that Granviel was not given Miranda warnings prior to either examination, did not constitute a violation of Granviel's fifth amendment rights. Buchanan, 107 S.Ct. at 2918.