Defense rests; Morva won't testify
Posted Mar10, 2008 at 01:16 PM
After calling only one witness, Morva's defense attorneys have rested their case.
They informed the court that Morva chose to exercise his Fifth Amendment right and does not plan to testify at this phase of the trial.
Morva asked the judge if he could add something. When told he could, he said it was his desire to testify but that, at the advice of his attorneys, he would not.
Circuit Judge Ray Grubbs told Morva that he should indeed follow his attorneys' advice. Not doing so, he said, could result in "drastic results" that would not be to his advantage.
The court has recessed for about half an hour while attorneys put together instructions for the jury. The case is expected to go to the jury this afternoon.
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