*2 Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides in unequivocal terms that no person may “be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” To protect this right Congress has declared that the failure of a defendant to testify in his own defense “shall not create any presu…
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