The defendant, Lisa Williams, has challenged the Bronx District Attorney's practice of reducing certain A misdemeanor cases (punishable by a maximum term of one year) to B misdemeanors (punishable by a maximum term of three months) on the eve of trial. The effect of the lastminute reduction, besides providing an obvious benefit to the defendant, is to deprive the defendant of the right to trial by jury. The Legal Aid Society, which represents...
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