Fourth/Fifth Amendment
1-2 Pages
The Facts: Jenna Monroe is being charged with tax evasion. To prove her guilt at trial, the Prosecution seeks to offer the evidence identified below.
Exemplars of her handwriting;
A transcript of a phone call between Ms. Monroe and an IRS agent regarding her taxes;
Copies of tax returns that she had filed with the Internal Revenue Service; and
Her refusal to answer deposition questions regarding those returns.
Would the granting of any of these requests violate either or both Ms. Monroe’s Fourth and/or Fifth Amendment rights under the United States Constitution? If so, why? If not, why not?
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