p0028 When there is a possibility that deponents will assert the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination, the depositions should proceed, and the deponents may invoke the privilege as to particular questions, whereupon the trial court can determine whether the constitutional privilege is implicated and if so can fashion a discovery order to accommodate the various interests of the parties and of the judicial system.CitationFULLER v SUPERIOR COURT (Self-Incrimination) 87 CA4 299 [See: CCP 2017; EvC 940; Avant! v Superior Court 79 CA4 876, T/AT 5/00; Pacers v Superior Court 162 CA3 686; A&M v Heilman 75 CA3 554]
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