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IN RE INVESTIGATION INTO HOMICIDE OF T.H.

No. 75,051.

23 Kan. App.2d 471 (1997)

932 P.2d 1023

In the Matter of the Investigation into the Homicide of T.H.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy D. Hamilton, of Kansas City, for appellant.

Terra D. Morehead, assistant district attorney, Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.

Before GERNON, P.J., ELLIOTT, J., and THEODORE B. ICE, District Judge, assigned.

ICE, J.:

This appeal by a witness at an inquisition results from findings by the district court following the death of 16-month-old T.H. in Wyandotte County.

The following questions are presented: (1) Did the district court err in refusing to allow the witness to assert a blanket Fifth Amendment right to silence at the inquisition; (2) did the district court use the correct standard to determine whether the witness could properly invoke the Fifth Amendment...

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