WASSERSTROM, Judge.
On this appeal from a conviction for rape, the defendant assigns several points of error. One of those points is that the trial court ordered the defendant to be shackled to his chair during one-half day of trial. Since that assignment requires reversal, this point calls for primary treatment.
I.
Anglo-American law early evolved the principle that an accused defendant has the right to appear before the jury free of shackles. A...
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