Christopher Johnson v. Hugh Wolfenbarger

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Christopher Johnson was convicted of four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct following a bench trial in Wayne County Circuit Court. Johnson had waived his right to a jury trial after he was bound over on four counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Subsequently, Johnson’s information was amended and the original charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct were reinstated. Several weeks passed after the first-degree charges were reinstated, but Johnson did not seek to withdraw his waiver of jury trial. Nor did he object to the…