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· 6/9/1976

William Leroy Wright v. The State of Texas

Citations

  • 533 F.2d 185
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 8637

How courts have described this case

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  • “significant possibility” that jurors saw defendant in handcuffs was insufficient to establish due process violation
  • jury panel may have seen defendant in handcuffs during jury selection, but not during trial
  • \We have consistently held that a brief and fortuitous encounter of the defendant in handcuffs by jurors is not prejudicial and requires an affirmative showing of prejudice by the defendant.\
  • \We have consistently held that a brief and fortuitous encounter of the defendant in handcuffs by jurors is not prejudicial and requires an affirmative showing of prejudice by the defendant.\
  • \We have consistently held that a brief and fortuitous encounter of the defendant in handcuffs by jurors is not prejudicial and requires an affirmative showing of prejudice by the defendant.\

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Judges: Ainsworth, Morgan, Roney

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