[FredZarguna]

Actually, no. The SCOTUS already had precedents that said that pleading guilty did not obligate a defendant to wave his self-incrimination rights during the sentencing phase, and because of that case law, the Federal circuit and appellate courts ruled that this was a reversible error.

What the SCOTUS said was, failure to issue the instruction was "not unreasonable." Therefore, the Federal courts could not intervene via habeas, which is limited by the AEDPA of 1996.

[Nifster]

Okay thanks for the explanation....a bit in the weeds for us average citizens but you made it understandable