Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sorrell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 1982No. 14, 15, 16, 17 E.D. Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellants were tried and convicted by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia sitting with a jury. Prior to *358trial each of the appellants made a request pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 1101 to waive trial by jury. Under Rule 1101, an accused who elects to forgo his constitutional right to be tried by a jury may be tried by a judge if he obtains the court’s approval of a non-jury trial. The requests were opposed by the Commonwealth, which asserted an absolute right to jury trial pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 5104(c). At Nos. 14 and 15…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by64 opinions
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