In State v. Savage, 120 N.J. 594, 577 A.2d 455 (1990), the New Jersey Supreme Court emphasized that "it is the responsibility of a defendant's counsel, not the trial judge, to advise defendant on whether or not to testify and to explain the tactical advantages or disadvantages of doing so or not doing so." Id. at 630, 577 A.2d 455. The Court explained that "counsel's responsibility includes advising a defendant of the benefits inherent in exercising that right and the consequences inherent in waiving it." Id. at 631, 577 A.2d 455.