 Lastly, in Estelle, the court stated that making a defendant go to in trial wearing prison attire threatened the “fairness of the fact-finding process” and should only be allowed when “essential state policy” justifies it.The Court then established that these cases give acknowledgement to standards that are embedded in the Constitution and the law which governs in the United States.The court then tried to determine is this rule also applies to the sentencing phase of a trial, not just the guilt-innocent portion.