Does the Federal Constitution guarantee a right to a jury trial in a criminal proceeding?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Suazo, 118 N.E.3d 168, 32 N.Y.3d 491, 93 N.Y.S.3d 629 (N.Y. 2018):
Although the Federal Constitution speaks in absolute terms, it is well settled that the right to a jury trial "does not extend to every criminal proceeding" ( District of Columbia v. Clawans, 300 U.S. 617, 624, 57 S.Ct. 660, 81 L.Ed. 843 [1937] ; see Lewis v. United States, 518 U.S. 322, 325, 116 S.Ct. 2163, 135 L.Ed.2d 590 [1996] ). "At the time of the adoption of
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