State v. Morishige

How courts have described this case

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• holding that jury’s viewing of defendant in shackles “does not, ipso facto, raise a presumption of prejudice”
• explaining that trial court conducted individual voir dire of juror during trial, where juror supposedly saw a guard take leg restraints off criminal defendant, and concluding that, based on voir dire results, mistrial was not warranted
• explaining that trial court conducted individual voir dire of juror during trial, where juror supposedly saw a guard take leg restraints off criminal defendant, and concluding that, based on voir dire results, mistrial was not warranted
• affirming the admission of expert testimony of the defendant’s criminal history to show that the defendant had an “anti-social personality” rather than a mental disorder
• trial court improperly foreclosed defendant’s attempts to demonstrate ineffectiveness of counsel in prior cases on which extended and mandatory term of imprisonment was predicated
• trial court allowed counsel to conduct voir dire when it was \apprised\ that a juror had observed the defendant in shackles

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