Opinion ID: 2076252
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Heading: Reasons For The Measures Should be in the Record

Text: The record does not contain a summary list of reasons, but nonetheless is replete with support for the judge's decision. From the outset of the resentencing hearing, he was concerned with courtroom security. The same judge had presided over the original trial and was aware of Hunt's background. He knew that Hunt had a record of violent crime [4] and that a psychiatric report indicated that Hunt had an anti-social personality. Hunt, 312 Md. at 505-06, 540 A.2d at 1130. At the original trial, the judge ordered enhanced security in the form of additional officers in the courtroom. Id. at 506, 540 A.2d at 1130. He ordered similar security at the resentencing hearing. The judge ordered Hunt to wear leg irons during the sentencing hearing after receiving a presentencing investigation report and after hearing the testimony of Judge Angeletti, chair of the court's security committee. The report and Judge Angeletti's testimony appear in the record. When the judge issued his order, he stated: With respect to what just transpired ... I'm ordering that Mr. Hunt wear leg irons in the courtroom. Clearly, the judge based his decision on the immediately preceding record, which included Judge Angeletti's testimony recommending restraints for Hunt, as well as the presentence investigation report. The judge also referred to the presentencing report as a key factor in reassessing the need for leg irons. He stated that the presentencing report changes things considerably. We hold that the judge adequately indicated his reasons for ordering Hunt to wear leg irons in court.