You Can Hold Me Down: Restraining the Defendant During Trial

Published for NC Criminal Law on September 28, 2011.

In Stone Free, Jimi Hendix sang: “You can’t hold me down.” Perhaps it’s no surprise but criminal procedure doesn’t conform to Hendrix’s lyrics. As illustrated by the recent case State v. Stanley, a trial judge can restrain a criminal defendant during trial. Since I get a fair number of questions about a judge’s authority to ... Read more

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