BOULDEN v. STATE

No. 49 Sept.Term, 2009.

995 A.2d 268 (2010)

414 Md. 284

Sheila BOULDEN v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piedad Gomez, Asst. Public Defender (Elizabeth Julian, Acting Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief for Petitioner.

Carrie J. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief for Respondent.

ARGUED BEFORE BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


HARRELL, Judge.

We consider here whether a defendant in a criminal case may waive effectively his or her right to a trial by jury after the commencement of the trial, in this case, at the close of the State's case-in-chief. Petitioner, Sheila Boulden, was charged in the Circuit Court for Cecil County with Second Degree Child Abuse and Second Degree Assault. A court trial, at which Boulden was represented by counsel, commenced on 5 July 2006. The State rested at the...

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