Antonio E. Lee v. James Murphy

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• “[S]ince [self-defense] implicate[s] the defendant’s state of mind, he may not assert either unless he takes the stand and testifies concerning his state of mind.”
• presump- tion against waiver overcome by “overwhelming evidence” that counsel conferred with the defendant and that the defendant acknowledged that by his own “free will” he concurred in the decision not to testify

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