Does the Fifth Amendment bar a defendant from testifying at trial if they are a witness in a criminal case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Imran, 964 F.2d 1313 (2nd Cir. 1992):
The Fifth Amendment grants a criminal defendant the right not to testify at trial. Carter v. Kentucky, 450 U.S. 288, 305, 101 S.Ct. 1112, 1121, 67 L.Ed.2d 241 (1981). The amendment also precludes a jury from drawing an adverse inference from the defendant's exercise of this right. Id.
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