SINGER v. UNITED STATES

No. 42.

380 U.S. 24 (1965)

SINGER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Dorfman argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Beatrice Rosenberg argued the cause for the United States. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Miller and Sidney M. Glazer.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Victor Rabinowitz and Leonard Boudin for Joni Rabinowitz, and by Justin A. Stanley for Nicholas Jacop Uselding.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Rule 23 (a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provides:

"Cases required to be tried by jury shall be so tried unless the defendant waives a jury trial in writing with the approval of the court and the consent of the government."

Petitioner challenges the permissibility of this rule, arguing that the Constitution gives a defendant in a federal...

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