California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barajas, F066418 (Cal. App. 2015):
constitutional right to testify on his/her own behalf. (Rock v. Arkansas (1987) 483 U.S. 44, 51-53.) Was this defendant forced to consider giving up that right by the statement "If you don't tell your story, then we proceed forward and you may never get that chance again"?
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