What is the test for a defendant's due process right to testify in his own behalf?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Siegert, 952 F.2d 408 (9th Cir. 1991):
Siegert alleges his due process right to testify in his own behalf was violated by the sentencing court's finding that he obstructed justice by testifying falsely. The due process argument has been rejected before. Torres-Rodriguez, 930 F.2d at 1390; United States v. Barbosa, 906 F.2d 1366, 1369-70 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 111 S.Ct. 394 (1990). We reject it again here.
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