North v. Russell
| North v. Russell | |
|---|---|
| Argued October 9, 1975 Decided June 28, 1976 | |
| Full case name | Lonnie North, Appellant, v. C.B. Russell et al. |
| Citations | 427 U.S. 328 (more) 96 S. Ct. 2707; 49 L. Ed. 534 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Appeal from Court of Appeals of Kentucky |
| Holding | |
| Trial before a non-judicial officer does not violate the due process or equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment provided there is a right of appeal to and a trial de novo before a lawyer-trained judge. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Burger, joined by White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist |
| Concurrence | Brennan |
| Dissent | Stewart, joined by Marshall |
| Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
North v. Russell, 427 U.S. 328 (1976), is a United States Supreme Court case which held that a non-lawyer jurist can constitutionally sit in a jail-carrying criminal case provided that the defendant has an opportunity through an appeal to obtain a second trial before a judge who is a lawyer.