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Jackson v. State

Citations

  • 560 S.E.2d 62
  • 253 Ga. App. 559
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 467
  • 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 149

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  • vacating conviction and remanding for further proceedings when the record showed only that a defendant and counsel conferred off the record before announcing a waiver of the jury-trial right
  • vacating conviction and remanding for further proceedings when the record showed only that a defendant and counsel conferred off the record before announcing a waiver of the jury-trial right
  • mere participation in discussions with counsel is not enough to establish valid waiver; “rather, the state must show that the defendant made a conscious choice to waive his right to a jury trial”
  • “[T]he State hears the burden of showing the waiver [of the right to a jury trial] was made both intelligently and knowingly, either (1) by showing on the record that the defendant was cognizant of the right being waived; or (2

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Judges: Blackburn, Mikell, Pope

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