The court properly exercised its discretion in denying counsel's request for an adjournment over a weekend for defendant to decide whether or not he wanted to testify. The court had warned the previous day that the defense had to be ready to proceed the next day if they intended to present a defense case, and it gave the parties an extended lunch break to allow counsel and defendant to have a conversation about defendant testifying. When defendant asked for more time to confer...
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