United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial was valid for a bench trial by any judge on the court (not just by the judge who took the waiver), where the judge engaged in an extensive colloquy to determine that the waiver was knowing and voluntary.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2002
• Published 06/06/2002

Judges

• Before GUY and BOGGS, Circuit Judges;  and CARR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew N. Wise (briefed), Nancy L. McGunn (argued), Federal Public Defenders Office, Detroit, MI, for Petitioner-Appellee., Janet A. Van Cleve (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Habeas Corpus Div., Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellant.