Jones v. Commonwealth

WILLIS, Judge.

On appeal from her bench trial conviction of distributing cocaine, June Allison Jones contends that she was denied her statutory and constitutional right to trial by jury and that the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion for a continuance. Because the trial court erroneously denied Ms. Jones her right to a jury trial, we reverse her conviction. We need not address the continuance issue.

On December 6, 1995, Ms. Jones was indicted for distributing cocaine. On that date, the trial court entered a scheduling order, which stated that the case would be tried on…