A reversal is required because the defendant was denied his constitutional right to waive a jury trial. Even in the absence of that obvious defect in these proceedings, a reversal would be required because defendant was denied his right to a fair trial.
On the evening of August 30, 1982, the defendant shot and killed New York State Trooper Gary Kubasiak who was responding to information that there was a...
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