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2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 421 - WITNESSES
.225 Testimony of defendant.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 421.225 (2018)
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421.225 Testimony of defendant. In any criminal or penal prosecution the defendant, on his own request, shall be allowed to testify in his own behalf, but his failure to do so shall not be commented upon or create any presumption against him. Effective: June 21, 1974 History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 1, effective June 21, 1974. -- Recompiled as KRS 421.225, 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 62. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1645, 1646. Formerly codified as KRS 455.090.
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