>Note that while a negative inference may not be drawn from the invocation of one's fifth amendment rights in a criminal case This feels about as productive as

>Note that while a negative inference may not be drawn from the invocation of one's fifth amendment rights in a criminal case This feels about as productive as telling someone to not think of an elephant. Regardless of what the jury has been told, they will still see a refusal to answer a question, and they will take that into account. The only way this would be possible if the jury never heard the question nor the invocation of the fifth.