Legal Opinion
Peretz v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 1991No. 90-615PublishedCited by 604 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The Federal Magistrates Act grants district courts authority to assign magistrates certain described functions as well as “such additional duties as are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States.”1 In Gomez v. United States, 490 U. S. 858 (1989), we held that those “additional duties” do not encompass the selection of a jury in a *925felony trial without the defendant’s consent. In this case, we consider whether the defendant’s consent warrants a different result.
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