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Shackling at California Jury Trial, Without Justifying Need, Is Reversible Error

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2007 published in Prison Legal News August, 2007, page 39
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Conditions of Confinement, Clothing, Restraints. Location: California.
A California state prisoner who was convicted of possessing drugs in his cell had his jury conviction reversed because the trial court had not determined the necessity of his being tried in chains and prison garb.

Melvin Simmons, while incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison, was convicted by a jury ...

 

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