Legal Opinion
In the Interest of K.R.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 8, 2000No. 14-98-00118-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJORITY OPINION ON REHEARING EN BANC
J. HARVEY HUDSON, Justice.
We withdraw the opinion of the panel delivered on August 31, 1999, and substitute the following en banc opinion.
Appellant asks us to decide whether the trial court erred in forcing him to trial before a jury while wearing handcuffs. Because we find the court’s use of visible restraints, under the facts presented here, deprived appellant of his fundamental due process right to a fair trial, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the cause for a new trial.
Appellant, Edgar Hector Rodriguez, resided with and ultimately…
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