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2013 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 1. Privilege of Defendant in Criminal Case
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CA Ev Code § 930 (2013) What's This?
To the extent that such privilege exists under the Constitution of the United States or the State of California, a defendant in a criminal case has a privilege not to be called as a witness and not to testify.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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