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TITLE THIRTY-TWO AppendixAppendix IV. Rules of Evidence for the General Court of Justice, 1979
Chapter V. Privileges
Rule 23. Privileges of defendant

P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 32A, § IV, Rule 23

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Rule 23. Privileges of defendant

In the measure recognized in the Constitution of the United States or in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a defendant accused in a criminal case has the right not to be called as a witness and not to testify, and no inference shall be drawn against him/her for the exercise of such right.

History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 453, § 1.