Commonwealth v. Onouha

On appeal, the defendant’s main point is that the trial judge failed to conduct an adequate colloquy to determine whether the waiver of jury trial that the defendant had tendered was voluntary and intelligent. The point is governed, adversely to the defendant, by Commonwealth v. Hernandez, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 780, 783-785 (1997). As in Hernandez, the colloquy here was sparse, but adequate to probe that the defendant was acting with understanding and on his own volition. See Commonwealth v. Hardy, 427 Mass. 379, 381-384 (1998); Commonwealth v. Schofield, 391 Mass. 772, 774-776 (1984). Contrast…