United States v. Eddie Edwards

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• holding that defendant waived his right to testify where “[n]either the prosecution nor the court was given any reason to think the defendant desired to testify”
• holding that the defendant waived his right to testify when “[n]either the prosecution nor the court was given any reason to think the defendant desired to testify”
• holding that there was no violation where the defendant asked his attorney to testify but his attorney misunderstood the request and did not call him to the stand
• stating that a defendant's “silence at trial effectively waived his right to testify on his own behalf”
• even where defendant claims he was unaware of his right to testify and his attorney refused to call him to testify, his silence waives the right
• criminal defendants cannot invalidate trial by claiming ignorance of right to testify

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