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>Note that while a negative inference may not be drawn from the invocation of one's fifth amendment rights in a criminal case

This feels about as productive as telling someone to not think of an elephant. Regardless of what the jury has been told, they will still see a refusal to answer a question, and they will take that into account. The only way this would be possible if the jury never heard the question nor the invocation of the fifth.




> The only way this would be possible if the jury never heard the question nor the invocation of the fifth.

That's almost always what happens. The big exception is if the defendant opts for a bench trial.




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