Legal Opinion
People v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 23, 1984No. Nos. 82SC414, 83SC26PublishedCited by 334 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
The Colorado Court of Appeals held in People v. Curtis, 657 P.2d 990 (Colo.App.1982), that when a defendant waives the right to testify on his own behalf, the trial court has a duty to ascertain on the record *508whether the defendant makes that waiver with a complete understanding of his rights, including the right to override the advice of his counsel not to testify. The issue of waiver of the right to testify also arose in People v. Jones, 665 P.2d 127 (Colo.App.1982). We granted certiorari in these cases, and now adopt the principle set forth by the court of appeals in Curtis.…
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