Benjamin Dranow v. United States

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Benjamin Dranow was indicted, tried to the court and convicted upon a charge of bail jumping in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 3146. He was sentenced to a term of two and one-half years, said sentence to be consecutive to previously imposed sentences upon other charges described in Dranow v. United States, 8 Cir., 307 F.2d 545.

The sole error urged by the defendant in this timely appeal is thus stated:

“The trial court failed to ascertain whether appellant’s waiver of a jury was voluntary, and accordingly, the jury was not validly waived under Rule 23(a) of…