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Supreme Court rules magistrates may preside over jury selection with counsel OK

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] ruled Monday in Gonzalez v. United States [LII case backgrounder] that allowing a magistrate judge to oversee jury selection does not deprive a criminal defendant of the right to a jury trial and complies with the Federal Magistrates Act [text]. The holding affirmed a judgment [PDF text] of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).

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