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WOODARD v. PERRIN

No. 82-1493.

692 F.2d 220 (1982)

Lawrence WOODARD, Jr., Petitioner, Appellant, v. Everett I. PERRIN, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Duggan, Concord, N.H., Court appointed counsel, for petitioner, appellant.

Richard C. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Concord, N.H., Crim. Justice Division, with whom Gregory H. Smith, Atty. Gen., Concord, N.H., was on brief, for respondent, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This case involves a criminal defendant who was tried before a jury for first degree assault wearing leg irons and handcuffs secured to a chain around his waist. The issues before us are whether the trial judge abused his discretion in determining that the safety of persons in the courtroom and the fairness and integrity of the trial required that the defendant be shackled and whether the defendant, by...

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