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Right Against Self
Right Against Self
Bermudez v. Castillo
handwriting; refused to provide; perjury She was completely entitled to the privilege invoked by her because she was compelled to write and were it proven by means of what she might right later that the documents were written by her, it would be impossible for her to evade persecution for perjury
Almonte v. Vasquez
subpoena duces tecum; government agency At common law, a governmental privilege is recognized with respect to state secrets bearing on military, diplomatic and similar matters. In this case, there is no claim that military or diplomatic secrets will be disclosed by the production of records pertaining to the personnel of EIIB (economic something).
People v. Malimit
robbery with homicide The right against self-incrimination is simply a prohibition against legal process to extract from the accuseds own lips, against his ill, admission of his guilt. It does NOT apply when the evidence sought is NOT an incriminating statement but an object evidence; Miranda rights covers only inadmissibility of extrajudicial confession or admission made during custodial investigation;
other evidence (like IDs, wallet, keys, etc) is not affected even if obtained or taken in the course of custodial investigation.
US v. Tan Teng
substance taken from the body of the defendant The prohibition against compelling a man in a criminal cause to be a witness against himself is a prohibition against physical or moral compulsion to extort communications from him and not an exclusion of his body as evidence when it may be material.
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