In his decision on respondent Dean's motion for divestiture, the respondent Swartwood found that since respondent Dean is charged with a misdemeanor which could result in a term of imprisonment and, since the local criminal court is presided over by a lay Justice, the respondent Dean was, as a matter of right, entitled to a transfer of the charge against him to a superior court to be prosecuted by indictment. The respondent Swartwood has the authority to require that a misdemeanor...
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