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VICKERS v. SUPERINTENDENT GRATERFORD SCI

No. 15-4012.

858 F.3d 841 (2017)

George T. VICKERS, Jr. v. SUPERINTENDENT GRATERFORD SCI; Attorney General Pennsylvania, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: June 6, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Vickers, Jr., Graterford SCI, P.O. Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426, Pro Se.

Jerome A. Moschetta [Argued], Washington County Office of District Attorney, 1 South Main Street, Suite 1003, Washington, PA 15301, Counsel for Appellants.

David R. Fine [Argued], K&L Gates LLP, 17 North Second Street, 18th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, J. Nicholas Ranjan , K&L Gates LLP, 210 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Amicus Counsel for Appellee1

Before: FISHER, KRAUSE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Given the fundamental importance of the right to a jury trial in our justice system, many states have promulgated rules, akin to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, prescribing that the waiver of that right be on-the-record and approved by a court before a defendant enters a guilty plea or proceeds by...

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