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CHANDLER v. STATE

80-290.

410 So.2d 128 (1981)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Charles Alfred CHANDLER v. STATE of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Elizabeth Ann Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Orson L. Johnson, Birmingham, for respondent.

MADDOX, Justice.

The question presented by the State's petition for certiorari is as follows:

When a defendant, indicted for a misdemeanor, fails to demand a trial by jury within the time mandated by Code 1975, § 15-14-30,1 can the trial judge conduct a bench trial and sentence the defendant over his objection? We answer the question in the affirmative, and hold that the dissenting opinion authored by Judge Bookout, and concurred...

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