COMMONWEALTH v. GERMANO


379 Mass. 268 (1979)

397 N.E.2d 663

COMMONWEALTH vs. CARMELO C. GERMANO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter W. Agnes, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Daniel E. Callahan for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

At issue is whether a section of the legislation entitled, "An Act providing for the orderly administration of justice in the commonwealth," popularly known as the Court Reorganization Act, St. 1978, c. 478, eliminates the right to trial by jury for certain minor motor vehicle violations.

The defendant, Carmelo Germano, is charged with failing to keep to the right (G.L.c. 89, § 1), failing to stop...

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