United States v. Vincent Webber

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• holding that instruction regarding obstruction of justice enhancement was a\non-coercive explanation of the law\
• employing de novo review of a defendant’s argument that he was denied his right to testify
• affirming the district court's \non-coercive explanation of the law\ to the defendant about the defendant's right to testify or remain silent and possible consequences if the defendant chose to testify
• “[T]he right not to testify counterpoises the right to testify, and the exercise of one is the waiver of the other .... ” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “The right of a defendant to testify at trial is a constitutional right of fundamental dimension and is subject only to a knowing and voluntary waiver by the defendant.”
• adopting the reasoning in Pennycooke

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