Does the Fifth Amendment privilege apply to a person who is subject to governmental coercion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Acosta, F071683 (Cal. App. 2017):
subjected to governmental coercion, which is the only form of compulsion which the Fifth Amendment privilege targets. (People v. Tom, supra, 59 Cal.4th at p. 1223.)
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