Larson v. Palmateer

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• holding that when evidence against the 44 FLOYD V. FILSON defendant is overwhelming, prejudice from shackling is mitigated
• finding that trial court judge’s remarks “expressing impatience” with pro se litigant did not constitute a due process violation
• noting that the general test is 11 “whether the admission of the evidence rendered the trial so fundamentally unfair as to 12 violate [federal] due process.”
• holding a petitioner that “complained solely about his counsel’s 3 strategic decisions and lack of communication with him,” failed to show he was entitled to 4 a new set of counsel under clearly established federal law
• finding no prejudice where defendant was “wearing the leg brace for the first two days of his six-day trial”
• finding harmless state trial court’s violation of the petitioner’s due process rights in requiring him to wear security leg brace during trial

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