There is little evidence that the right to a jury trial is being widely abused.
Unlike with the current affair, Lay waived his right to a jury trial on the bank-loan charges.
The parents sued, saying the cap was an unconstitutional intrusion into their right to a jury trial.
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The Orleans Parrish Criminal District Court is scheduled to hold its first jury trial since Hurricane Katrina.
The Democrats waived their right to a jury trial and placed all their hopes with the judge.
Jiau was convicted at a jury trial in June and is scheduled to be sentenced on September 21.
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He pleaded not guilty to simple assault in that matter and has a jury trial scheduled for March.
Judge Lipps also ruled the non-jury trial would be open to the public.
The judge set aside 12 days on her calendar for the jury trial, which is scheduled to begin on September 10.
Thanks in part to this kind of coercion, more than 90 percent of defendants waive their right to a jury trial.
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The result at Enron is well known: a failed company, ruined reputations and a jury trial that will wind up next week.
The Vaccine Court, although imperfect, is a much better model for handling complex medical claims than the roulette of a jury trial.
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Extradited to Memphis, he avoided a jury trial - and possibly the electric chair - by entering a guilty plea the following year.
The judge ruled Wednesday that Jackson lawyers have shown enough evidence that AEG Live hired and supervised Murray to warrant a jury trial.
We are pleased, however, that the government haven't gone for the widespread reduction in access to jury trial that we had once feared.
If it's just a partial summary judgment on one certain legal theory, we go forward with the jury trial on the rest of them.
Sass, who once worked as a U.S. government informant, had waived his right to a jury trial and asked Cook to decide the case.
We are concerned about the reduction in access to jury trial and we do warn that any reduction must be viewed with extreme caution.
Federal prosecutors lost a jury trial against two former Bear Stearns Cos. hedge-fund managers accused of lying to investors about how they invested their assets.
This is likely to cause as much, if not more, delay and expense as granting a jury trial at once to those who want one.
The domestic-abuse case was dismissed at a jury trial in 2010.
Mr Blakely appealed, citing his constitutional right to a jury trial.
Still, the jury trial would end with a conviction in September 1994, and a sentence equivalent to a life term handed down by Judge Arthur Brennan.
The judge, in his ruling, called the Legion's interest in keeping the documents sealed "diminished" because the case isn't likely to go to a jury trial.
Because of this, those appearing in criminal trials do not have the option of a jury trial, which is common in the United States and other countries.
To answer the concerns of England's Lord Chief Justice, Mr Straw has had to agree to allow those denied a jury trial to appeal against the decision.
"A jury trial is not a free-for-all, " Justice Steven H.
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The victim in Thursday's non-jury trial was from Hoshiarpur district.
Mrs Sheridan denies making false statements on 31 July 2006, after being sworn in as a witness in the civil jury trial at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
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