Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/17/1986

Commonwealth v. Harvey

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491 N.E.2d 607
397 Mass. 351
1986 Mass. LEXIS 1267

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\[T]he fact that there existed the possibility of adverse consequences from the defendant's failure to cooperate does not demonstrate that the defendant was 'compelled' to incriminate himself.\
\[T]he fact that there existed the possibility of adverse consequences from the defendant's failure to cooperate does not demonstrate that the defendant was `compelled' to incriminate himself.\
agency rules requiring police employee to cooperate with internal investigation and testify truthfully do not create self-incrimination compulsion in the absence of “overt threat or direct pressure” from officials in authority
appropriate limiting instruction where videotape used to show victim’s state of sobriety

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Judges: Wilkins, Liacos, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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