Court Opinion

ID: 9619071
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:21:42.75978+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:36.296229
License: Public Domain

HAGAN, District Judge
(dissenting).
I would agree with the law as stated in the majority opinion on the subject of recalcitrant defendants, but I disagree with its application in this case. Neither the defendants, nor their counsel, had an opportunity to make a showing, even if the burden were on them, of the lack of need for restraints, outside of the view and hearing of the jury panel. They were initially brought before the jury panel handcuffed. The motion to dispense with the restraints was made, heard and denied in the presence of the jury panel. It was at this point the presumption of innocence was damaged.