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982500P.pdf   07/26/1999  Kenny L. Smith  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  98-2500
   Western District of Missouri   
   Prisoner case - habeas. In absence of objection, court could not 
   find Smith's appearance at trial in prison clothes was compulsory 
   and a violation of his right to a fair trial; case remanded, however, 
   on issue of whether counsel's failure to object was ineffective 
   assistance of counsel.