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JACKSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-811.

499 A.2d 1222 (1985)

Eugene JACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Robert Miller, appointed by this court, was on the brief for appellant.

Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Fred Grabowsky, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, Associate Judge, and PAIR, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we must decide whether the failure of the trial court to obtain from Jackson a written waiver of his right to a jury composed of 12 persons — required by Super.Ct.Crim.R. 23(b) — compels reversal of his conviction where the record shows a knowing, intelligent, expressed oral waiver by Jackson in open court. We answer that it does not, and affirm Jackson's conviction.1

Jackson was tried...

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