Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.08 : CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS — Defendant May Testify

Any defendant in a criminal action shall be permitted to testify in his own behalf therein, but the failure of any defendant to so testify shall not be taken as a circumstance against him, nor shall the same be alluded to or commented on by counsel in the cause.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 38.08

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
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