CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 216
Exercise of Right Not to Incriminate Oneself (Evid. Code,
§ 913)
[Name of party/witness] has an absolute constitutional right not to give
testimony that might tend to incriminate [himself/herself/ nonbinary
pronoun]. Do not consider, for any reason at all, the fact that [name of
party/witness] invoked the right not to testify. Do not discuss that fact
during your deliberations or let it influence your decision in any way.
New September 2003; Revised December 2012
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
3a1f8242813e838f0f27dac41a242cb6301d945d123a584628c5938fa34a3d03
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