State v. Simpson

MARTIN, Judge.

Lannie Blane Simpson (“defendant”) appeals from a judgment entered upon his conviction by a jury of robbery with a dangerous weapon and of being an habitual felon, arising out of defendant’s alleged robbery, with the use of a handgun, of a CVS pharmacy on 6 January 2001. The sole assignment of error brought forward on appeal is to the trial court’s order that defendant be restrained during his trial. During a recess in the presentation of the State’s evidence, and outside the presence of the jury, the trial court stated as follows:

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