CALVIN EVERETT v. STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

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• upholding “Kentucky’s constitutional provisions classifying cities by population and its statutory provisions permitting lay judges to preside in some cities while requiring law-trained judges in others” in light of Missouri v. Lewis
• criminal trial before non-law trained judge is constitutional if trial De novo is available
• accused, subject to possible imprisonment, is not denied due process when tried before a nonlawyer police court judge with a later trial de novo available under a State’s two-tier court system
• accused, subject to possible imprisonment, is not denied due process when tried before a nonlawyer police court judge with a later trial de novo available under a State's two-tier court system
• discussion of reasons for distinctions in statute providing for lay judges in some cities and law-trained judges in others
• equal protection clause not violated when all people within a given city or within cities of same size treated equally

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