Can a defendant waive his right to plead before a jury in a special session?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Clancy, 203 Misc. 82 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1952):
read to him and he must be required to plead thereto and further held that that is one right of a defendant in courts of special session that cannot be waived. (People ex rel. Hall v. Munson, 83 Misc. 308.)
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