Legal Opinion
Turner v. Bayly
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 5, 1996PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Petitioners seek mandamus relief from denial of their respective demands for a jury trial. D.C.Code § 16-705(b) (Repl.1989 & 1995 Supp.) confers the right to a jury trial for all offenses (except contempt of court) carrying maximum prison terms of “more than 180 days.” We hold that because peti*597tioners are charged with crimes that carry máximum prison terms of “six months”— which in all cases will amount to 181 to 184 days — they are entitled to trials by jury, and thus to the relief they seek.
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Each petitioner has been charged with one count of an offense punishable at…
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