Alcozer v. State

In a single issue, Adam Alcozer appeals the trial court's order requiring that he wear physical restraints during the guilt-innocence phase of his jury trial. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that exceptional circumstances warranted the use of physical restraints in this particular proceeding, given this particular criminal defendant's history, we affirm.

*301Background

Waller County law enforcement received a call from the Houston Police Department alerting them that a white Chevrolet Impala with a particular license plate number would be traveling through the…