California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Epps, 104 Cal.Rptr.2d 572, 18 P.3d 2, 25 Cal.4th 19 (Cal. 2001):
In People v. Cahill (1993) 5 Cal.4th 478, 501, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 582, 853 P.2d 1037, this court recognized that a trial court's "denial of [a] defendant's right to a jury trial" is error reversible per se.
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