TYLER & VALONIS v. STATE

Nos. 46 and 52, September Term, 2012.

66 A.3d 661 (2013)

431 Md. 551

Jeffrey Robert VALONIS v. STATE of Maryland. Anthony Tyler v. State of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Kennedy , Assistant Public Defender, ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Jeremy M. McCoy , Assistant Attorney General, ( Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and McDONALD, JJ.


GREENE, J.

In this opinion we must address whether the amendment to Rule 4-246(b) which added the language "the court determines and announces on the record" and requires a trial judge to make an explicit finding of jury trial waiver on the record is subject to strict compliance; and whether failure to make such a factual determination is reversible error. Also we must determine whether the defendant's failure to object during the proceedings to the trial judge's...

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