Legal Opinion
Shoemaker v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 13, 1977PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Justice:
Defendant appeals from a Superior Court order dismissing his appeal of a conviction in a Justice of the Peace Court for disorderly conduct. We reverse.
I
The critical question in this significant case concerns neither the facts of the alleged offense nor the statute under which defendant was prosecuted. The issues center, first, on the jurisdictional basis of any review of the proceeding in the Justice of the Peace Court and, second, on the right of a non-lawyer judge to conduct that proceeding. Before discussing these questions we must place them in context.
A Justice of the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by52 opinions
- State v. BallNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1986
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- In the Matter of ButlerSupreme Court of Delaware · 1992
- Commonwealth v. DessusSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Marker v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1982
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