People v. Crouch

Opinion

BIGELOW, Acting P. J.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of having violated Vehicle Code section 20002, subdivision (a) (misdemeanor hit and run).1 Defendant argues, and the People concede, that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to obtain an express waiver from the defendant of his right to a jury trial. (People v. Walker (1959) 170 Cal.App.2d 159, 165-166 [338 P.2d 536].) Defendant’s second contention on appeal is that the trial court also committed reversible error when it denied the motion for acquittal which he brought at the close of the prosecution’s case,…