PEOPLE v. PASLEY

Docket No. 74189.

419 Mich. 297 (1984)

353 N.W.2d 440

PEOPLE v. PASLEY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, and Thomas M. Chambers, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

John D. Lazar for the defendant.


PER CURIAM:

We are asked in this case to determine what is meant by the statutory requirement that a written waiver of the right to jury trial be "made in open court". The Court of Appeals held that in order for a written waiver to be valid the record must affirmatively show that the waiver was executed in open court. We disagree.

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Following a bench trial in the Wayne Circuit Court, the defendant was convicted of attempted breaking and entering an...

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