State v. Vaughn

LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Presiding Judge.

Quincy C. Vaughn (hereinafter “Vaughn”) appeals his convictions for attempted forcible rape, § 566.030 1 , and committing violence against an employee of the Department of Corrections (DOC), § 217.385. In his sole point on appeal he claims that the trial court erred in denying his request for continuance after the veni-re panel saw him being led into the courtroom by two DOC officers and a deputy sheriff. He claims that this unfairly undermined the presumption of innocence, even though he was in civilian clothes and unshackled, because the potential jurors…