State of Tennessee v. Tracy Douglass
Syllabus
A Shelby County jury convicted the Defendant, Tracy Douglass, of first degree premeditated murder, for which he received a life sentence. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the trial court erred when it failed to declare a mistrial following the State's improper statements during closing argument. He also asserts that the evidence presented at trial is insufficient to support the jury's verdict. After review, we affirm the trial court's judgment.
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- holding that a trial court must engage in an individualized inquiry and consider several factors to determine whether a defendant should be restrained
- explaining that a trial court’s decision to require a criminal defendant to wear restraints at trial is reviewed for an abuse of discretion
- remanding for a new trial based on a trial court’s failure to make an individualized inquiry into the necessity of leg braces under a defendant’s clothes
- examining whether error was harmless after first determining that the appellant established unconstitutional shackling
- examining whether error was harmless after first determining that the appellant established unconstitutional shackling
- “use of blanket jail policies and shacking without an individualized inquiry” violates “established law”
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Judges: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer
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