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2022 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-17 - Trial
Section 12-17-9. - Defendant as witness.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 12-17-9. (2022)
§ 12-17-9. Defendant as witness.
No respondent in a criminal prosecution, offering himself or herself as a witness, shall be excluded from testifying because he or she is a respondent; and neglect or refusal so to testify shall create no presumption nor be used in argument against him or her.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 396; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 44; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 44; G.L. 1938, ch. 538, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-9.
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