Thomas Morgan v. B.J. Bunnell, Warden Attorney General of California

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• concluding that the district court \protected Morgan's presumption of innocence\ by removing handcuffs, excusing the jury when he walked to the stand in leg-irons, and \took adequate precautions to minimize the effects of the shackles on the jury\
• concluding that the district court “protected Morgan’s presumption of innocence” by removing handcuffs, excusing the jury when he walked to the stand in leg-irons, and “took adequate precautions to minimize the effects of the shackles on the jury”
• upholding shackling where district court took precautions to ensure that jury did not know defendant wore leg-irons
• upholding shackling where district court took precautions to ensure that jury did not know defendant wore leg-irons
• noting in another context that “a trial judge is charged with the grave responsibility of guarding the safety of courtroom personnel, parties, counsel, jury and audience”
• shackling not abuse of discretion where circumstances showed defendant intended to escape

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).