Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 26, 1973No. 403, September Term, 1972PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, C. J.
This case concerns the right to a trial by jury of a person charged with offenses under the exclusive original jurisdiction of the District Court of Maryland.
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“Jury trial came to America with English colonists, and received strong support from them.” Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U. S. 145, 152. “To the Englishman of the fourteenth century ... it had already become an ‘ancient prerogative’ to have twelve laymen stand between him and the vengeance of the king in a criminal prosecution of any kind, whether the charge were tippling at the inn or murder.” Frankfurter & Corcoran, Petty Federal Offenses…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Countess v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Bruce v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
- Kawamura v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- Leonard W. Ferguson v. John S. Gathright, Superintendent Bland Correctional FarmCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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