The court did not impair defendant's right to testify, and it properly denied his post-verdict motion raising that issue, as well as his request that the court recuse itself from deciding that motion. Before summations, defense counsel complained about an off-the-record bench conference in which, according to counsel, the court warned that if defendant testified, the court would conclude from the mere fact of a conviction that defendant had committed perjury, and further...
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