CARTER V. KENTUCKY
450 U.S. 288 (1981)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over the refusal to give a jury instruction.
FACTS: D was tried and at the end of the trial, D requested a jury instruction that D was not compelled to testify and the fact that he does not cannot be used against him as an inference of guilt and should not prejudice him in any way. The trial judge refused and D was convicted and appealed. The Supreme Court of Kentucky found no error.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND
DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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