What is the consequence of a failure to obtain an informed waiver to a jury trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Daniels, 221 Cal.Rptr.3d 777, 3 Cal.5th 961, 400 P.3d 385 (Cal. 2017):
A failure to obtain an informed waiver results in a complete denial of defendant's right to a jury trial. (See People v. Tran (2015) 61 Cal.4th 1160, 1169, 191 Cal.Rptr.3d 251, 354 P.3d 148.) Both the high court and this court hold that the complete deprivation
[400 P.3d 413]
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