Ciummei v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• considering, in writ of error proceeding, evidence outside trial record in support of claim that defendant's jury waiver was not knowing and voluntary
• “We do not intend to create a rigid pattern but note that ... the judge might state that the ... verdict of the jury must be unanimous . . . . ”
• \a conviction cannot stand which follows upon a jury waiver that is not freely and knowingly given\
• “it is not unreasonable for courts to refrain . . . from constitutionalizing a particular means of demonstrating the legality of the waiver”
• in context of jury waiver, written waiver required by statute and oral colloquy by court rule
• among other things, court should ensure that the defendant “has not been pressured or cajoled and is not intoxicated or otherwise rendered incapable of rational judgment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).