Constitutional Law - Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments - Privilege Against Self-Incrimination - Procedure in State Criminal Trials - Jury Instructions

Authors

Terry J. Trexler

Abstract

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that a state criminal trial judge has a constitutional obligation, on a defendant's request, to instruct a jury that no inference of guilt may be drawn from a defendant's failure to testify.

Carter v. Kentucky, 101 S. Ct. 1112 (1981).

First Page

71

Recommended Citation

Terry J. Trexler, Constitutional Law - Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments - Privilege Against Self-Incrimination - Procedure in State Criminal Trials - Jury Instructions, 20 Duq. L. Rev. 71 (1981).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol20/iss1/9