STATE v. PLESS

No. 94-2526.

74 Ohio St.3d 333 (1996)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. PLESS, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Carmen Marino, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, Kathleen A. McGarry, Assistant Public Defender, and David Doughten, for appellant.


DOUGLAS, J.

Appellant advances twenty propositions of law for our consideration. In his first proposition of law, appellant contends that the three-judge panel had no jurisdiction to conduct the trial because appellant's written waiver of the right to trial by jury was never filed with the trial court and made part of the record in the case. We agree, and find this issue to be dispositive of this appeal.

R.C. 2945.05 provides that:

"In all criminal...

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