Court Opinion

ID: 7023287
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 04:54:08.230684+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:10:38.798235
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE LUND, specially concurring: Defendant was an inmate of the Pontiac Correctional Center and was charged with scalding a correctional officer. Defendant’s witness was a fellow inmate, serving time, by his admission, for robbery, kidnapping, rape, and murder. The jury, the court staff, the attorneys, and the judge are entitled to protection. It would be a foolish trial judge who would order the shackles removed. Of course, an alternative might be to fill the courtroom with SWAT team members. When trying cases of this type, I find no necessity for a judicial statement justifying the restraints.