CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.
A jury found defendant Farrell Shepherd guilty of statutory rape and the trial court sentenced him, as a second offender, to 35 years' imprisonment. He appeals, raising a single point: error in denying his voir dire challenge for cause against a venireman who believed defendant should testify.
On voir dire, defense counsel asked whether anyone felt defendant should be required to testify and whether anyone would hold it against him...
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