State v. Harris

Whiteside, Judge.

Defendant, Clarence Harris, Jr., appeals from his conviction in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas of three counts of rape and three counts of sexual battery and raises three assignments of error as follows:

“1. The trial court lacked jurisdiction to try and convict the appellant without a jury where the record does not include a written waiver of the appellant’s right to a trial by jury.

“2. Appellant was deprived of his right to effective assistance of counsel when counsel agreed to stipulate to the admission of the results of a polygraph examination indicating the…