CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 320
Exercise of Privilege by Witness
<Alternative A—V alid Exercise of Privilege>
[A witness may refuse to answer questions that call for privileged
information. Under the law, <insert name of witness> was
justified in refusing to answer certain questions. Do not consider (his/
her) refusal to answer for any reason at all and do not guess what (his/
her) answer would have been.]
<Alternative B—Invalid Exercise of Privilege>
[<insert name of witness> did not have the right to refuse to
answer questions in this case. Y ou may consider that refusal during your
deliberations.]
New January 2006; Revised August 2014, September 2024*
* Denotes changes only to bench notes and other commentaries.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2025
- Content hash
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