What is the difference between a jury trial and a court trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Key, B296838 (Cal. App. 2020):
Corrigan, J., citing Williams v. Florida (1970) 399 U.S. 78, 100); DeRobertis, supra, 715 F.2d at pp. 1175-1176, 1180 [upholding jury trial waiver as knowing and intelligent where court told defendant only that he had right to jury trial in which "12 people of this County will be put in a box," hear the evidence, and "determine your innocence or guilt"].) Key confirmed he knew what a jury is as well as the difference between a jury trial and a court trial.
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