11 University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, December 5, 1990 11 'Suicide doctor pleads Fifth The Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. — The inventor of a device used by a woman to kill herself refused to answer questions yesterday during a hearing about whether the machine should be shelved forever. Jack Kevorkian, a physician, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when questioned by a prosecutor seeking a permanent injunction against Kevorkian's use of the machine. The retired pathologist hooked a 54-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease to the machine so she could examine her brain. The anesthetic and a heart-stopping drug, Kevorkian, 62, was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the June 4 death of Janet Adkins of Portland, Ore. He refused to answer any questions when prosecutor Michael Modelski called him to the witness stand during the hearing to determine whether a temporary order against Kevorkian's use of the machine should be made permanent. “On the advice of counsel, I invoke the Fifth Amendment.” Kevorkian repeated to each of Modelski's questions, including requests for the doctor to state his name, occupation, education and medical background. Circuit Court Judge Alice L. Gilbert adjourned the hearing until Monday. If Kevorkian testified, his right to a fair trial in a criminal case would be jeopardized, said Kevorkian's attorney, Geoffrey Fieger. "Dr. Kevordan in this case has a right to defend himself, but he can't get on the stand while he has a criminal case against him." Fieger said. "I believe the prosecution has engaged in manipulation of the judicial process," he said, referring to the timing of the criminal charges filed just a day before the scheduled hearing on a permanent injunction. Fieger said he would ask the Michigan Court of Appeals to dismiss the civil case. Kevrian, who has deferred to Fieger questions about the criminal charges, spoke to reporters briefly after the hearing. "I'm committed to the medical aspect of this," he said, adding that the medical community should address the rights of terminally ill patients to take their own lives. Kevorkian spent several hours Monday night at Oakland County Jail before he was freed on $50,000 bond. Continued from p. 3 timed qualification course. 1,800 rounds of ammunition will be fired and the guns will be taken from holsters more than 300 times as officers practice safety and malfunction drills and learn how to shoot the gun. Denney said. He said the main emphasis of the training was to make mechanical tasks so routine that officers could be aware of situations around them. "The idea is to be firing under trees to be doing," Denise said. 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