In trial of all persons charged with the commission of offenses against the United States and in all proceedings in courts martial and courts of inquiry in any State, District, Possession or Territory, the person charged shall, at his own request, be a competent witness. His failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him.
Structure US Code
Title 18— CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 223— WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
§ 3482. Evidence and witnesses—(Rule)
§ 3483. Indigent defendants, process to produce evidence—(Rule)
§ 3485. Expert witnesses—(Rule)
§ 3486. Administrative subpoenas
§ 3487. Refusal to pay as evidence of embezzlement
§ 3488. Intoxicating liquor in Indian country as evidence of unlawful introduction
§ 3489. Discovery and inspection—(Rule)
§ 3490. Official record or entry—(Rule)
§ 3492. Commission to consular officers to authenticate foreign documents
§ 3493. Deposition to authenticate foreign documents
§ 3494. Certification of genuineness of foreign document
§ 3495. Fees and expenses of consuls, counsel, interpreters and witnesses
§ 3496. Regulations by President as to commissions, fees of witnesses, counsel and interpreters
§ 3497. Account as evidence of embezzlement
§ 3499. Contempt of court by witness—(Rule)
§ 3500. Demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses
§ 3501. Admissibility of confessions
§ 3502. Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony
§ 3504. Litigation concerning sources of evidence
§ 3505. Foreign records of regularly conducted activity
§ 3507. Special master at foreign deposition
§ 3508. Custody and return of foreign witnesses
§ 3509. Child victims’ and child witnesses’ rights
§ 3510. Rights of victims to attend and observe trial
§ 3511. Judicial review of requests for information
§ 3512. Foreign requests for assistance in criminal investigations and prosecutions