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LUDWIG v. MASSACHUSETTS

No. 75-377.

427 U.S. 618 (1976)

LUDWIG v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Hagopian argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

John J. Irwin, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, and Barbara A. H. Smith, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts long ago established a "two-tier" system of trial courts for certain crimes. A person accused of such a crime is tried in the first instance in the lower tier. No trial by jury is available there. If convicted, the defendant may take a timely "appeal" to the second tier and, if he so desires, have a trial de novo by jury. The...

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