Rucker v. Neil

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• holding that such a limitation violates the right to effective assistance of counsel on the ground that it “[ejffectively eviscerates [the defendant’s] ability to discuss and plan trial strategy[ ]”
• holding that a pretrial detainee beaten up by security personnel while in detention possessed a liberty interest under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to be free from the use of excessive force that amounts to punishment
• noting that this court should not “conduct a search for technical error”
• \[P]unitive intent behind a defendant's use of force may be inferred when the force is not reason- ably related to a legitimate nonpunitive governmental objective.\
• \[P]unitive intent behind a defen- dant's use of force may be inferred when the force is not reasonable related to a legitimate nonpunitive governmental objective.\
• under Geders, defendant cannot be prohibited from discussing his testimony with attorney during a weekend recess

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