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COMMONWEALTH v. LUDWIG

368 Mass. 138 (1975)

330 N.E.2d 467

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD I. LUDWIG.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 12, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Hagopian for the defendant.

Paul S. Zonderman, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

This is one of a series of cases in which the defendant's counsel, representing a number of clients, has sought to test the constitutionality of the Commonwealth's "two-tier" or "trial de novo" system,1 a procedure by which those accused of certain offenses may be tried first in a District Court without a jury, and, if convicted there, may secure a fresh trial, to a jury, at the next...

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