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STATE v. POWELL

No. 86,231.

274 Kan. 618 (2002)

56 P.3d 189

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. RICHARD TARON POWELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra J. Wilson, capital appellate defender, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Jerome A. Gorman, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LARSON, J.:

This is a direct appeal where Richard Taron Powell raises first impression issues that (1) requiring him to wear a stun belt at trial violated his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights to effectively participate in his own defense and (2) the trial court abused its discretion when it ordered him to stand trial restrained by a stun belt. Powell also contends reversible error was committed...

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