Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/5/1980

Commonwealth v. Hughes

Citations

404 N.E.2d 1239
380 Mass. 583
1980 Mass. LEXIS 1137

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Fifth Amendment applies to production of incriminating evidence only where testimonial communication is compelled
compelled production of a gun to ascertain its existence, location, and possessor held to be testimonial
order requiring defendant to produce gun effectively compels testimony as to its existence
act of producing gun by defendant charged with assault by means of dangerous weapon would not convey “merely trivial new knowledge” but would communicate “just those matters about which the Commonwealth desires but does not have solid information”

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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Kaplan, Liacos

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