Mullane v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when a defendant takes the stand on his own behalf and is represented by counsel, courts presume that he does so voluntarily and with full knowledge of his rights
• holding that when a defendant takes the stand on his own behalf and is represented by counsel, courts presume that he does so voluntarily and with full knowledge of his rights
• holding that when a defendant takes the stand on his own behalf and is represented by counsel, courts presume that he does so voluntarily and with full knowledge of his rights
• “Where, as here, a defendant, represented by counsel, testifies in his own behalf, we will presume this act to be undertaken voluntarily and with full knowledge of his rights.”

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