Chapter 7 Case StudyVeronica Victim is found dead in her apartment, shot in the head with her own gun. Forensic analysis reveals there are two sets of fingerprints on the gun found and that it was fired twice, but the bullet in Veronica Victim's head is the only one found in her apartment. Investigators take samples from a trail of blood leading away from her apartment. A lab report establishes that the blood belongs to someone else. From this, police surmise that Victim shot her assailant, who then grabbed her gun and killed her. A woman living in the apartment next door, Nosie Neighbor, reports seeing a heavy-set, well-dressed man in his early 30s, about six feet tall, leave Victim's apartment at about the same time of death. Victim's ex-husband, I.M. Guilty, matches this description and is known to have made previous threats on Victim's life.Unless Guilty can be compelled to cooperate, the police probably will not be able to solve this crime. The police would like to compel Guilty to assist them in the following ways:(1) answer questions about his relationship with Victim and his activities at the time of the crime;(2) appear before Neighbor in a line-up;(3) provide fingerprints for comparison;(4) provide a blood sample for forensic analysis;(5) submit to an examination of his body to determine whether he was shot; and, if he was shot, (6) undergo surgery to have the bullet removed for ballistics testing. The first form of compulsory assistance involves testimony, and it falls under the protections of the Fifth Amendment.The remaining five forms of compulsory assistance involve physical evidence, and they fall under the protections of the Fourth Amendment.Questions- How would you attempt to legally overcome these constitutional protections of the suspect?



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