Author Question: Can the right to a jury trial be waived? If so, what are the requirements for doing so? What will ... (Read 14 times)

charchew · **on:** Aug 24, 2018

Can the right to a jury trial be waived? If so, what are the requirements for doing so?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The Supreme Court has ruled that counsel for an indigent defendant must be provided in

A. Prison disciplinary hearings
B. Summary court-martial proceedings
C. Juvenile delinquency adjudications
D. Parole revocation hearings

briseldagonzales · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Although, as the Supreme Court pointed out in Duncan, a jury can be an important safeguard against the potential abuses of judges and prosecutors, there are occasions on which the defendant wishes to waive his or her right to a jury trial. If the case is one that might inflame the emotions of a jury, or prior media exposure might cause a jury to be biased, then obtaining a fair and impartial jury may be difficult. In such a situation, the defendant may opt for a bench trial, in which the judge decides the question of guilt.

Answer to Question 2

C