ZANE, AKA LOGAN ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (79 total)

• Elledge v. State, 408 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. 1981)
  …s led to prejudice in the jury’s mind. Cases which concern such prejudice deal with the adverse effects that such restraints have upon the accused’s presumption of innocence. See Kennedy v. Cardwell, 487 F. 2d 101, 104 (6th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 416 U.S. 959, 94 S.Ct. 1976, 40 L.Ed.2d 310 (1974). But appellant did not stand before the sentencing jury as an innocent man; rather he stood as a confessed murderer of three persons. The critical issue in a re [*1023] straint case is the degree of prejudice ca…
• Holbrook v. Flynn, 475 U.S. 560 (U.S. 1986)
  …at the sight of a security force within the courtroom might under certain conditions “create the impression in the minds of the jury that the defendant is dangerous or untrustworthy.” Kennedy v. Cardwell, 487 F. 2d 101, 108 (CA6 1973), cert. denied, 416 U. S. 959 (1974). However, “reason, principle, and common human experience,” Williams, supra, at 504, counsel against a presumption that any use of identifiable security guards in the courtroom is inherently prejudicial. In view of the variety of ways in whic…

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• United States v. Jackson, 549 F.2d 517 (8th Cir. 1977)
  …endants rely upon the principle that the fundamental presumption of innocence may be weakened when a criminal defendant is not clothed with the physical indicia of innocence at trial. Kennedy v. Cardwell, 487 F. 2d 101 (6th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 416 U.S. 959, 94 S.Ct. 1976, 40 L.Ed.2d 310 (1974). Thus, where, as here, maximum security measures are taken during a particular trial, it may be necessary to determine whether these measures denied defendants the right to a fair trial by depriving them of the…