United States v. Robert Kenneth Hunt, Jr. And Joseph John Glassmeyer

Whether the failure to interrogate defendants as to the voluntariness of their waiver of a jury trial, and whether four-year sentences imposed on them upon their convictions for interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S. C.A. § 2312, constitute reversible error are the questions for decision. We declined to hear oral argument.

Defendants waived a jury trial, in accordance with Rule 23(a), Fed.R. Crim.P., by stating through counsel in open court that they waived a jury trial and by executing a written waiver in open court, witnessed by the clerk. The written waiver recited…