McQueen v. State

NIX, Judge.

James McQueen, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by information in the District Court of Oklahoma County with the crime of Robbery with Firearms. He was tried by a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment. From that judgment and sentence he has perfected his timely appeal to this Court alleging three assignments of error. We will herein discuss only one — that he was tried in “chains and shackles” in violation of the statute prohibiting same.

The incident of which defendant complains occurred during the voir dire examination of the jury panel. Before…