State v. McCoy

VAUGHN, Justice:

The Defendant-Below/Appellee, Isaiah W. McCoy, is a pretrial detainee awaiting trial on capital murder and related charges. Using a points-based, objective risk assessment tool, the Department of Correction classified him to be held in the Secured Housing Unit (“SHU”) at James T, Vaughn Correctional Center (“JTVCC”). The SHU is a maximum security setting. McCoy filed a motion in the criminal case requesting that he be transferred from the SHÜ to the prison’s general population on the ground that detention at the SHU was interfering with his Sixth Amendment right to assistance…