31 Va. App. 403 - Hazel v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 2013
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Griffin v. California · Rock v. Arkansas · Mu'Min v. Virginia · Brooks v. Tennessee · Knowles v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[PROSECUTOR]: And, as the [c]ourt advised you, the defendant has no burden to produce any evidence in this case. And, he has a fundamental and Constitutional Right not to testify if he chooses not to and that is not to be held against him nor are you to draw any adverse inferences from he’s [sic] choosing not to testify. Does everyone agree with that? AFFIRMATIVE JURY PANEL RESPONSE [PROSECUTOR]: And, if the defendant does not or chooses not to testify, does everyone agree that you would not hold that against him this case? AFFIRMATIVE JURY PANEL RESPONSE [PROSECUTOR]: But, if the defendant were to testify in this case, does everyone feel that you can weigh his testimony with equal footing with any other witness that you would hear in this trial? AFFIRMATIVE JURY PANEL RESPONSE [PROSECUTOR]: And, if the defendant were to testify and were to say that he didn’t do it or it was an accident, do you feel that would automatically create reasonable doubt in your mind by that statement alone? NEGATIVE RESPONSE”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Simpson v. State
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