Courtroom Security/Garb

Name: People v. Vance
Case #: C049453
Opinion Date: 07/31/2006
  • Categories: Courtroom Security/Garb, Extension of Commitment, In Limine Motions, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Summary

In 1984, the defendant pled not guilty by reason of insanity to attempted murder and was committed to the state hospital. During trial proceedings to determine whether his commitment should be extended, he appeared in shackles before the jury. The…

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Name: People v. Marks
Case #: S040575
Opinion Date: 07/24/2003
  • Categories: 1368 Competence, Courtroom Security/Garb, In Limine Motions, Presentation of Evidence, Pretrial Motions, Trial Proceedings

Summary

The use of security personnel, placing a deputy sheriff next to appellant during his testimony, doe not require the manifest need standard as for shackling. Here, defendant had previously attacked his own attorney and had been disruptive in the courtroom.…

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Name: People v. England
Case #: C032080
Opinion Date: 09/12/2000
  • Categories: Areas Constitutional Law, Challenges for Cause, Courtroom Security/Garb, Due Process, In Limine Motions, Pretrial Motions, Public Trial, Right to Jury Trial, Separation of Powers, Trial Proceedings

Summary

Holding appellant's jury trial on the prison grounds did not violate appellant's right to a public trial or the Standards of Judicial Administration where the courtroom was physically and visually remote from the prison, was outside the prison wires, was…

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