Does a prosecutor's comments on the self-incrimination clause violate the Fifth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thomas, 279 Cal.Rptr.3d 335, 64 Cal.App.5th 924 (Cal. App. 2021):
9 Griffin v. State of California (1965) 380 U.S. 609, 85 S.Ct. 1229, 14 L.Ed.2d 106 held the prosecutor's comments on the defendant's failure to testify violated the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment. (Id . at p. 613, 85 S.Ct. 1229.)
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