· 1/14/1991
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. First Commercial Bank
Citations
- 304 Ark. 298
- 801 S.W.2d 652
- 1991 Ark. LEXIS 8
How courts have described this case
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- holding that defendant’s signature on a waiver of right to jury trial and her counsel’s testimony that he discussed waiver with her supported trial court’s conclusion that defendant knowingly and intelligently waived her right to a jury trial
- holding that defendant’s signature on a waiver of right to jury trial and her counsel’s testimony that he discussed waiver with her supported trial court’s conclusion that defendant knowingly and intelligently waived her right to a jury trial
- “[T]he record must affirmatively show that the defendant made the decision to waive his right to a jury trial, or at least that he . . . agreed with the decision.”
- a totality of circumstances, including counsel’s post-conviction testimony as to his conversations with a defendant, showed 6 that the trial court’s conclusion that the defendant “made a personal, knowing, and intelligent waiver of her right to a trial by jury was not clearly erroneous”
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Judges: Holt
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