context: In particular, the district court directed that the shackles and tasers be worn under the Appellants' clothing, the counsel tables skirted, and the shackles taped to the Appellants' legs, to prevent the jury from seeing or hearing the restraints. In doing so, the district court employed the least restrictive and least prejudicial means of restraint available, thus fulfilling the procedural prerequisites to utilizing this type of security measure.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 544 U.S. 634, 634-35
citation_a.parenthetical: finding that the lower court erred in requiring shackling of the defendant, in part because the court failed to explain "why, if shackles were necessary, [it] chose not to provide for shackles that the jury could not see"
citation_a.sentence: See Mayes, 158 F.3d at 1226 (“[W]e find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s decision that shackling was appropriate during the course of the appellants’ trial and that leg irons were the least restrictive method of effective restraint.”); cf. Deck, 544 U.S. at 634-35, 125 S.Ct. at 2015 (finding that the lower court erred in requiring shackling of the defendant, in part because the court failed to explain “why, if shackles were necessary, [it] chose not to provide for shackles that the jury could not see”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 158 F.3d 1226, 1226
citation_b.parenthetical: "[W]e find no abuse of discretion in the district court's decision that shackling was appropriate during the course of the appellants' trial and that leg irons were the least restrictive method of effective restraint."
citation_b.sentence: See Mayes, 158 F.3d at 1226 (“[W]e find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s decision that shackling was appropriate during the course of the appellants’ trial and that leg irons were the least restrictive method of effective restraint.”); cf. Deck, 544 U.S. at 634-35, 125 S.Ct. at 2015 (finding that the lower court erred in requiring shackling of the defendant, in part because the court failed to explain “why, if shackles were necessary, [it] chose not to provide for shackles that the jury could not see”).