Questioning of accused by prosecutor and judicial officer (Zimbabwe)

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Defence counsel must bear in mind that even if the defence has decided that X will not give evidence, under s 198(9) CPEA the prosecutor and the court may still put questions to him. If he refuses to answer the questions put to him, adverse inferences may be drawn by the court from this refusal.


See Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual