Is a defendant entitled to testify in his own defense?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Blodgett, 942 F.2d 792 (9th Cir. 1991):
A criminal defendant has a fundamental constitutional right to testify in his own defense, but the right is not absolute. It must yield to other legitimate interests in the criminal trial process. Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44, 55 (1987).
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