Judgment reversed; cause remanded.
JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, William F. Gersch, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Gwendolyn Gersch. Prior to trial, defendant expressly waived his right to a jury and requested a bench trial. The State opposed defendant's request and asserted its statutory right to a jury trial under section 115-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 115-1)....
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