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Title: State West Virginia v. Jim Boyd
Author : Fourth Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
Release Date : January 29, 1977
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 67 KB

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Under the Due Process Clause of the West Virginia Constitution, Article III, Section 10, and the presumption of innocence embodied therein, and Article III, Section 5, relating to the right against self-incrimination, it is reversible error for the prosecutor to cross-examine a defendant in regard to his pretrial silence or to comment on the same to the jury.