compulsory self-incrimination
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 385 U.S. 293 - Hoffa v. United States · 1966Most cited · 4,443 citing opinions
all have agreed that a necessary element of compulsory self-incrimination is some kind of compulsion
How often courts cite the cases defining “compulsory self-incrimination”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “compulsory self-incrimination” — 5,022 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1931–1966
- ORIGINAL
The principle established is that full and complete immunity against prosecution by the government compelling the witness to answer is equivalent to the protection furnished by the rule against compulsory self-incrimination.