What is the test for invoking the privilege against self-incrimination?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sessoms v. Grounds, 768 F.3d 882 (9th Cir. 2014):
1 He first reiterated that [t]he privilege against self-incrimination is an exception to the general principle that the Government has the right to everyone's testimony. 133 S.Ct. at 2179 (quoting Garner v. United States, 424 U.S. 648, 658 n. 11, 96 S.Ct. 1178, 47 L.Ed.2d 370). He explained that the requirement that the privilege be clearly invoked:
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