§ 12-17-9 - Defendant as witness. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-17-9

   § 12-17-9  Defendant as witness. – No respondent in a criminal prosecution, offering himself or herself as awitness, 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 inargument against him or her.