Fuchsberg, J. (dissenting). Is it unconstitutional for a defendant charged with a crime, conviction for which could bring imprisonment, to be compelled to have his case tried before a Judge who is not a lawyer? That is the real issue in this case. As I see it, the majority’s decision, purportedly based on procedural grounds, despite its protestations to the contrary necessarily assumes its own resolution of the su…
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