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- Title: People v. Stevens
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 05, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 83 KB
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We hold here that the stationing of a courtroom deputy next to a testifying defendant is not an inherently prejudicial practice that must be justified by a showing of manifest need. Defendant Lorenzo Stevens attempts to bring his case under the exacting manifest need standard by asserting that the deputy?s presence is akin to a "human shackle." A divided Court of Appeal rejected this argument, and we do so as well. This conclusion is consistent with our explicit and unanimous holding in People v. Marks (2003) 31 Cal.4th 197, 222-224 (Marks). Because defendant has not shown actual prejudice, and the record supports the trial court?s exercise of discretion, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeal.