LEMMON, Justice.
In this appeal from a conviction of aggravated rape, the only issue is whether the trial judge erred in accepting defendant's waiver of a jury trial. For the reasons that follow, we hold that defense counsel's questioning of defendant on the record in open court, together with the evidence presented at the pretrial sanity hearing, established that defendant voluntarily and knowingly waived his right to trial by jury.
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