Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Aquadro

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• applying rule against shackling at sentencing, but suggesting that “lesser showing of necessity” may be appropriate
• decision to shackle a defendant is left to the sound discretion of a trial court
• defendant’s past violent behavior and psychologist’s description of him as a “time bomb” justified shackling in penalty phase

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