Weldon v. State

297 Ga. 537

FINAL COPY S14G1721. WELDON v. THE STATE. HINES, Presiding Justice. This Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Weldon v. State,

327 Ga. App. 862

( 761 SE2d 421) (2014), to determine if that Court properly addressed Brian Eugene Weldon’s claim that the trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial by ordering that he appear at trial wearing an electronic shock device as a security measure. Finding that the Court of Appeals did not err, we affirm that Court’s judgment. Weldon was tried before a jury and convicted of twelve counts of armed…