Assertion: defendant | /r/CapableOf | waive the privilege
Facets:
value: against self incrimination
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The United States Supreme Court held in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 243 (1969) not only that a defendant must understand that he or she waives the privilege against self incrimination, the right to trial by jury, and the right to confront one's accusers by entering a guilty, but also that a court could not presume a waiver of these rights from a silent record.