Rhode Island Statutes
§ 12-17-9 — § 12-17-9. Defendant as witness.
Rhode Island § 12-17-9
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Bluebook
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-17-9 (2026).
Text
§ 12-17-9. Defendant as witness.
No respondent in a criminal prosecution, offering himself or herself as a witness, shall be excluded from testifying because he or she is a respondent; and neglect or refusal so to testify shall create no presumption nor be used in argument against him or her.
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Legislative History
C.P.A. 1905, § 396; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 44; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 44; G.L. 1938, ch. 538, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-9.
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Rhode Island § 12-17-9, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ri/12-17-9.