Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him following a nonjury trial of assault in the first degree (two counts) and imposing concurrent indeterminate sentences of 0 to 7 years. The issue is whether there was error in the procedure followed by the court in approving defendant's waiver of a jury trial. The constitutionally guaranteed right to a trial by jury in a criminal action is fundamental (US...
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