The failure of the party defendant to make a request to testify and to testify in the defendant's own behalf shall not create any presumption against the defendant.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-17-102
[Reserved.]
Acts 1887, ch. 79, § 2; Shan., § 5601; Code 1932, § 9783; T.C.A
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