Allocution: Judge Cannot Protect Defendant From Himself Should Allocution Be Permitted
October 17th, 2022
Although a defendant does not have the right to make a statement to the jury other than while testifying as a witness (or acting as defense counsel), if the trial court permits him to make a statement, it cannot censor what he says, even if it is harmful to defendant. (See People v. Anderson (2018) […]
Tags: CC 100, CC 355, Self-Representation