Topic: the law has long forbidden routine use of visible shackles … · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Deck v. Missouri.

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1 Deck v. Missouri Anchor
scotus · 2005
green “the law has long forbidden routine use of visible shackles during the guilt phase; it permits a state to shackle a criminal defendant only in the presence of a special need.” 18
2 Joseph Reiner v. Jeffrey Woods
ca6 · 2020
green “the supreme court and this court have made clear that 'brecht is always the test' for evaluating harmless error on collateral review, even where aedpa applies.” 4

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