United States v. Kevin L. Bencheck

*1513BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

In this case we revisit the question of whether a defendant is entitled by constitutional command to a jury trial when he faces only an actual maximum of six months’ imprisonment stemming from charges for multiple petty offenses. We affirm the district court’s decision that a defendant has no such entitlement.

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The appellant (hereinafter Defendant) is Kevin L. Bencheck; the appellee is the United States (hereinafter Government). Mr. Bencheck was stopped by military police at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in June 1989, for not having any face protection while riding his motorcycle,…