Does Miranda have the privilege to be considered a witness in a jury trial for refusing to testify against a gang expert?

As the United States Supreme Court has observed, "A witness may not employ the privilege to avoid giving testimony that he simply would prefer not to give." (Roberts v. United States, supra, 445 U.S. at p. 560, fn. 7, 100 S.Ct. 1358, 1364, fn. 7, 63 L.Ed.2d at p. 630, fn. 7.) But that is exactly what Miranda tried to do. Given that his decision was fully informed and willful--and in disobedience to a court order--the jury was entitled to consider his defiance against him and, to the extent it validated the gang expert's testimony, against Lopez. Thus, we conclude if any error in judgment was committed, it was committed by Miranda, not the court.