What instruction was given to a defendant in a civil case that a witness has no constitutional or statutory right to refuse to testify?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Harvest, A125036 (Cal. App. 2013):

6. The instruction was a correct statement of the law. (See People v. Lopez (1999) 71 Cal.App.4th 1550, 1554 ["[W]here a witness has no constitutional or statutory right to refuse to testify . . . [j]urors are entitled to draw a negative inference when such a witness refuses to provide relevant testimony"].)

7. We note that defendant failed to object to the prosecutor's argument and request an admonition below; he thus waived any claim of prosecutorial misconduct. (People v. Cole (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1158, 1201.)

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