Griffin v. California

The decision in Griffin v. California overruled Twining v. State of New Jersey (1908) and Adamson v. California (1947). Not only may a prosecutor not comment to the jury about a defendant's refusal to take the stand, but a prosecutor may not tell the jury that a defendant who has given an alibi at trial originally refused to speak to the police. If the defense requests it, the judge must tell the jury to give no weight whatsoever to the fact that the defendant chose not to take the stand.