Key legal question
Whether the defendant had to be re-examined by the prosecution and whether the lack of such questioning invalidated the conviction
Extracted holding
No. The defendant had an opportunity to speak, was questioned by police after rights warnings, did not request a prosecution interview, and later waived personal attendance while also saying he did not wish to make further statements.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the prosecution has no duty to conduct its own examination in these circumstances, and the defendant cannot rely on an alleged inability to speak when he declined to do so and did not seek confrontation evidence.