EDWARDS v. STATE

2 Div. 475.

185 So.2d 393 (1966)

Harold Leon EDWARDS v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied and Opinion Extended April 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubbard H. Harvey, Demopolis, for appellant.

Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen., and Leslie Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


COLEMAN, Justice.

From conviction for murder, defendant automatically appeals. Act No. 249, General Acts 1943, page 217; Code 1940, Recompiled 1958, Title 15, § 382(1) et seq.

Defendant pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

Ground 18 of the motion for new trial is that "defendant was prejudiced by being brought before the Court and potential jurors in handcuffs, leg irons, and chains."

We are not persuaded that reversible...

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