McCray v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

McCray and Regas were each convicted of robbery. This is a direct appeal from the convictions. We are asked to set them aside for constitutional errors. We find none, and affirm.

1. During one of the trial days before the jury the defendants were ordered to wear the clothing in which they were arrested. This, they argue, violated their Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination.

The privilege is not violated by compulsion which makes an accused the source of real or physical evidence. Accordingly, it is permissible to require an. accused to put on a…