Mays v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 82 Va. 550
- 1886 Va. LEXIS 72
Syllabus
<p>Criminal Proceedings—Jury trial—Waiver.—The defendant in a criminal prosecution cannot waive a trial by a jury, and submit all the matters of law and fact to the determination of the court, there being in this State no statute authorizing an issue joined upon a plea of not guilty in such prosecution in a court of record to be tried otherwise than by a jury. Const., Art. I, sec. 10; Code 1873, ch. 158, sec. 36.</p>
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- “[I]n the absence of [statutory] authority the court has no jurisdiction to try the accused on a plea of not guilty, otherwise than by jury; and consent cannot give jurisdiction.”
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Judges: Lewis
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 808×
- Commonwealth v. RoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-10-13· cited 33×
- Gregory A. Richardson v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-03-07· cited 19×
- State v. HirschSupreme Court of Vermont· 1917-05-01· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. HallPhiladelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions· 1926-07-01
- Commonwealth v. AllenDelaware County Court of Quarter Sessions· 1930-12-16
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