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STATE v. DeLEON

No. 91185-1.

374 P.3d 95 (2016)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Ricardo Juarez DeLEON, Anthony DeLeon, and Octavio Robledo, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Kato , Attorney at Law, Janet G. Gemberling , Janet Gemberling PS, Spokane, WA, Dennis W. Morgan , Attorney at Law, Republic, WA, for Petitioners.

Tamara Ann Hanlon , Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney's Off., Joseph Anthony Brusic , Yakima County Prosecutor's Office, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.

¶ 1 The Fifth Amendment provides that a defendant shall not "be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." U.S. CONST. amend. V. Accordingly, voluntary statements made by a criminal defendant can be admitted at trial but compelled statements cannot. In this case, defendants were forced to choose between making...

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