ELDRIDGE, Judge.
We issued a writ of certiorari in this case to decide whether it is error for a trial judge to instruct a jury, over a defendant's objection, that the defendant has a constitutional right not to testify and that no adverse inference should be drawn from his election to remain silent. We conclude that, absent special circumstances, giving this instruction after a defendant has objected to it is error.
In October 1986, Anthony Hardaway was tried...
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