Commonwealth v. Dowling

How courts have described this case

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• articulating concerns of manipulation, delay, and an adverse impact on judicial efficiency when a defendant seeks a late withdrawal of his jury trial waiver
• articulating concerns of manipulation, delay, and an adverse impact on judicial efficiency when a defendant seeks a late withdrawal of his jury trial waiver
• “Applying this holding to the facts presented, we conclude that the trial court was correct in denying [Dowling’s] untimely request to withdraw his jury trial waiver when such request was made after defense counsel and the Commonwealth waived opening arguments[.]”
• trial begins when there is a “substantive first step[,]” i.e. when the court hears motions reserved for trial or when oral arguments commence, and thereafter a jury trial waiver may be not withdrawn pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 621

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