Hoffman v. State

Citations

• 98 Ohio St. (N.S.) 137

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional lasa — Statute requiring accused to demand jury — Error proceedings — Record to show demand and refusal, etc. — Criminal law.</p> <p>1. Statutes providing in substance that before an accused shall be</p> <p>entitled to a jury in the trial of misdemeanors or petty offenses under municipal ordinances, where imprisonment is made a part of the penalty, he must demand the same, are not in any wise violative of the constitutional right to trial by jury.</p> <p>2. Under such statutes before error may be pros'ecuted to the action of the trial judge in trying the case without a jury, the record must show such demand and a refusal to grant the same.</p>