Is there a right against compulsory self-incrimination?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Blackburn, 191 Cal.Rptr.3d 458, 354 P.3d 268, 61 Cal.4th 1113 (Cal. 2015):

[refusing to recognize a right against compulsory self-incrimination]; People v. Robinson, supra, at p. 349, 74 Cal.Rptr.2d 52 [refusing to apply a prohibition against ex post facto laws].)

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