State v. Foote

The defendant, Charles Foote, appeals the denial of his motion to set aside his misdemeanor convictions, following a bench trial, for violating two protective orders. See RSA 173-B:8 (1994 & Supp. 1998) (amended 1999). He asserts that the Franklin District Court (Townley-Tilson, J.) erred by: (1) failing to conduct an on-the-record colloquy in connection with his jury trial waiver or require a personally executed waiver; and (2) concluding that his counsel’s written waiver of jury trial demonstrated that he had personally acted knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily. We affirm.

The defendant…