148 Mich. App. 659 - In Re Stricklin’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “whether a penalty was exacted for appellants' refusal to testify [at child protective proceedings], sufficient to amount to the kind of compulsion contemplated by the Fifth Amendment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 318 - In re Blakeman

2. “[t]he choice not to testify was no more than appellants' tactical decision as to the best course to follow through the probate and criminal proceedings,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 318 - In re Blakeman

3. “compulsion was present in the case at bar because the specter of losing their parental rights was held over their heads if they chose not to testify.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 318 - In re Blakeman