STATE v. DAMON


286 N.J. Super. 492 (1996)

669 A.2d 860

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JAMES L. DAMON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Timothy F. Mulligan, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Joseph F. Audino, Special Deputy Attorney General, Acting Camden County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Roseann A. Finn, Special Deputy Attorney General, Acting Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges ARNOLD M. STEIN and CUFF.


The opinion of the court was delivered by ARNOLD M. STEIN, J.A.D.

We reverse petitioner's denial of his post-conviction relief application because the trial judge permitted petitioner to be shackled in the presence of the jury.

According to the evidence produced at trial, petitioner, Reginald Ross and Michael Streater, driving in a stolen beige car, robbed and severely assaulted three individuals. Two of the victims were stabbed. One of the victims identified...

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