The following excerpt is from Legal Aid Soc. of Sullivan County, Inc. v. Scheinman, 422 N.E.2d 542, 439 N.Y.S.2d 882, 53 N.Y.2d 12 (N.Y. 1981):
In overruling this contention and validating the statutory scheme, it is significant that the court emphasized that a defendant's right to trial de novo WAS "ABSOLUTE", "UNCONDITIONAL" AND AVAILABLE "ALL INStances" (north v. Russell, supra, at pp. 335, 334, 96 S.Ct. at p. 2712, emphasis added). The
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