The practice of legal enforcement in fact we still often meet, there is any
discriminative implementation and resolution of the case. It means the similar
legal implementation towards an individual however the implementation to the
other person in legal law is not objective. The observation of the author gains the
description each word. It is caused by the influence of the existence of social
stratification, i.e. levels, individuals in the society influenced by economical,
authority and educational factors. Unless it happens thus the legal enforcement is
not equal to the principle of Equality Before the Law. Based on the
aforementioned above observation, thus the author in this legal research submitted
the title The Implementation of Equality Before the Law Principle in the Process
of Resolution of Criminal Case in the Area of Sleman State Court. The problem
formulation submitted was whether the process of criminal legal enforcement in
the area of Sleman State Court has considered on the principle of Equality Before
the Law? The purpose of this research was to gain any data on the process of
criminal law enforcement in the area of Sleman State Court and as one of the
requirements to gain the Master of Law degree in Law Faculty, Atma Jaya
University of Yogyakarta. The type of research method in this research was
normative legal research. The data used in this legal writing was legal sources
comprising of primary data and secondary data. Primary data was gained through
direct interview to the source persons, i.e. the officials in Sleman State Court,
Sleman State Attorney, and advocate. Secondary data was gained through primary
legal sources. The method of data collection used was normative research focused
on primary data and secondary data as supporting data. Method of data analysis
used in drawing conclusion is inductive reasoning method. From the result of this
research, it can be drawn conclusion the process of criminal law enforcement in
the area of Sleman State Court according to the Judge of Sleman State Court has
considered the principle of Equality Before the Law. Meanwhile according to the
Judge of Sleman State Court and the advocate, the process of criminal legal
enforcement in the area of Sleman State Court has not been appropriate to the
principle of Equality Before the Law.