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Circuit split · criminal procedure

Whether the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination may be invoked based on a fear of prosecution by a foreign nation

1 federal appellate case on this question, each acknowledging the disagreement in its own words.

  1. United States v. Gecas120 F3D 1419

    Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · August 26, 1997

    “The issue has percolated enough to cause a circuit split, and has produced in this Court two fine opinions exhaustively exploring every conceivable argument on each side.” — Acknowledges a circuit split
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What the split turns on

Constitutional provisions:
Fifth Amendment

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