People v. Wade
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Application by defendant for an order that the charge against him be transferred to the Court of General Sessions and be prosecuted by indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
Goff, R.
The defendant is charged with the commission of a crime of the grade of misdemeanor, and has been held by the committing magistrate for trial in the Court of Special Sessions. He now makes application for an order that the charge against him be transferred to the Court of General Sessions, and be prosecuted by indictment.
The claim that a person charged with a misdemeanor has a constitutional right to a trial by jury was decided adversely by Beekman, J., in People v. Levy, 24 Misc. Rep. 469, and to the same effect in People v. Wolf, id. 94, and People v. Seaman, Supreme Court, Special…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. LevyNew York Supreme Court · 1898
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