People v. Gamble

OPINION OF THE COURT

ClPARIGK, J.

This appeal raises several questions for our review. The principal question we are called upon to determine is whether courtroom seating arrangements wherein court officers stationed themselves directly behind defendant during the course of his trial deprived him of his constitutional right to communicate confidentially with his attorney and prejudicially conveyed to the jury that he was dangerous. We conclude that the positioning of the court officers in this case did not infringe upon defendant’s constitutional right to counsel or deprive him of a fair trial.

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