Is there any case law where a defendant refused to answer a question on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate him?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Romano, 17 Cal.Rptr. 399, 197 Cal.App.2d 622 (Cal. App. 1961):
It should be noted in passing that nowhere in the remarks made by any of the defendants was there a statement that he refused to answer on the ground it might tend to incriminate him (People v. Calhoun, 50 Cal.2d 137, 147, 323 P.2d 427), or that he refused to answer on the advice of counsel (People v. Abbott, 47 Cal.2d 362, 373, 303 P.2d 730; People v. McGee, 31 Cal.2d 229, 239, 187 P.2d 706).
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