Limits on Defendants’ Courtroom Attire

Published for NC Criminal Law on July 16, 2015.

Shea and I have blogged before about and lawyer attire and juror attire. I’ve even touched briefly on defendants’ attire, but none of us have ever addressed a judge’s ability to set minimum clothing standards for defendants. That issue has reared its head in Fayetteville, where a district court judge recently held a defendant in ... Read more

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