Petition 5777-R of Red Line Commercial Co.

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• holding that prosecutorial comment on a defendant’s failure to take the stand is an unconstitutional burden on his right not to testify
• holding that a prosecutor’s comment on the defendant’s failure to testify violates the Fifth Amendment
• holding that a prosecutor’s direct reference to a criminal defendant’s failure to testify is a violation of the defendant’s Fifth Amendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination
• holding that a criminal defendant must not pay any court-imposed price for the exercise of his right not to testify in his own defense
• holding that the Fifth Amendment prohibits a prosecutor from asking a jury to infer a defendant’s guilt based upon his decision not to testify
• holding that comment on refusal to testify violates Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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