Jesse Davenport, aka Draco John Flama v. United States
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Is shackling a defendant during his or her jury trial for no asserted or actual reason proper, and thus not even an 'error' under the plain error test, simply because the shackles are covered by a table skirt?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Is shackling a defendant during his or her jury trial for no asserted or actual reason proper, and thus not even an “error” under the plain error test, simply because the shackles are covered by a table skirt? 2. Where Mr. Davenport was deprived of his Confrontation Clause right to cross-examine the key government witness, did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit disregard this Court’s precedent when it failed to analyze whether the error may have contributed to the verdict? 3. Where, construed in the light most favorable to the government, Mr. Davenport at most asked another person to produce child pornography, was the evidence sufficient to support a conviction for conspiracy to produce child pornography? i