Is there any case law where a defendant has a criminal record but then later complained to the Court that his rights would have been jeopardized if he was not placed on the witness stand?
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The following excerpt is from Jordan v. United States, 428 F.2d 7 (9th Cir. 1970):
This is like the situation in Shorter v. United States, (9 Cir. 1969) 412 F.2d 428, where the defendant, knowing the Government had prior convictions, elected not to place the defendant on the witness stand and then later complained that the priors would have been inadmissible, and that therefore his rights had been jeopardized. His contention was rejected.
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