Legal Opinion
State v. Sklar
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 21, 1974PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
Pursuant to Rule 37A(b) M.R.Crim.P., this case has been reported by a Justice of the Superior Court for our decision of an important question of law thought to be involved in the Justice’s interlocutory order that
“it appearing . . . that the offense of which the Defendant is charged is a petty offense and that he has no constitutional right to trial by jury, it is hereby ordered he be remanded to the Twelfth District Court, Division of Somerset, for trial without jury.”
The case had originated in the District Court on a complaint (dated October 10, 1973) charging defendant…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Baldwin v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Schick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Ex Parte GrossmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- State v. MunseySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1956
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Friedman v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
- Claudio v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1991
- King v. Seitzingers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- City of Pasco v. MacEWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- Hendershot v. HendershotWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
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