Legal Opinion
Joseph Zicarelli v. Albert D. Gray, Jr., Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 10, 1976No. 75-1173PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
Trial by jury is one of several important protections standing between persons accused of crime and the weighty power of the state to punish those convicted of having committed crime. The right to trial by jury is provided for within the Constitution as originally adopted1 and in the Bill of Rights as well.2 It has been guaranteed for federal and state prosecutions since the early days of the Republic.3 Indeed, the right has been characterized as “fundamental to the American scheme of justice....” 4
Not only must the trial promised by the Constitution…
2Cases cited63 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by129 opinions
- State v. MarshallSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
- Curtis Long v. Harry Wilson, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Shawn Garfield Price v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Rainey v. VarnerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
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