Harmony Grove Mills v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• noting that a defendant must produce more than a bare, unsubstantiated, self-serving statement that his lawyer, in violation of professional standards, forbade him to take the stand
• stating that the right to confrontation is similar to the right to testify, right not to testify, and right to self-representation in that it can be waived by counsel
• noting waiver of right to testify or right to self-representation may be found when defendant does not take the stand, or appears through counsel
• explaining a defendant’s personal waiver of the right to testify need not be made on the record
• noting waiver of right to testify or right to self-representation may be found when defendant does not take the stand or appears through counsel
• rejecting a claim that § 22 provides different protections from the Sixth Amendment

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