Nesvig v. Hoff

[¶ 25] I am concerned that the majority takes a reasonable principle to an illogical extreme which may stretch an already over-extended law enforcement and endanger those in the courtroom and the courthouse.

[¶ 26] The United ■ States Supreme Court has recognized the concern that jurors may be influenced by seeing defendants restrained, just as courts have been concerned that jurors may be influenced by other extraneous information. On the other hand, we have long recognized the ability of judges — professional fact-finders — to exclude the extraneous. Here the majority apparently thinks our…