In the wake of Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of a health care CEO with a partially 3D-printed pistol, we built and tested the exact same model of weapon ourselves. And it was entirely legal.
Bad move. Your right to remain silent doesn’t mean you get to pick and choose which questions you answer on the stand should you choose to testify. Instead he could give plenty of information to his lawyer who could then rabidly attack the planted gun and prove malfeasance.
… in reference to the right to remain silent, that’s wrong. Miranda rights don’t cover double jeopardy so technically they aren’t exactly the same. But effectively they are.
If the judge tells you that your “right to stfu” doesn’t apply in this situation and that you must legally answer the question, then you either answer the question or get held in contempt until you do. And that CAN be held against you.
Bad move. Your right to remain silent doesn’t mean you get to pick and choose which questions you answer on the stand should you choose to testify. Instead he could give plenty of information to his lawyer who could then rabidly attack the planted gun and prove malfeasance.
Your Miranda rights and your 5th amendment rights are different
… in reference to the right to remain silent, that’s wrong. Miranda rights don’t cover double jeopardy so technically they aren’t exactly the same. But effectively they are.
if your lawyer tells you to stfu, you stfu. the lawyer is better at lawyering than you 👍
If the judge tells you that your “right to stfu” doesn’t apply in this situation and that you must legally answer the question, then you either answer the question or get held in contempt until you do. And that CAN be held against you.