Commonwealth v. Atalig

OPINION

Before: LAURETA and GILLIAM, District Judges and MUNSON, Designated Judge* LAURETA, District Judge:

Daniel Atalig appeals his conviction by bench trial in the Commonwealth Trial Court of marijuana possession in violation of 63 Trust Territory Code § 292(3) (c). Appellant unsuccessfully demanded a jury trial pursuant to Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145, 88 S.Ct. 1444, 20 L.Ed.2d 1412 (1968) and Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S. 66, 90 S.Ct. 1186, 26 L.Ed.2d 437 (1970). Duncan decided that in state *556court prosecutions for serious criminal offenses the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial is a…