State v. Morrow

Defendant, who was convicted following a bench trial of driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), ORS 813.010, appeals, asserting that he did not voluntarily and knowingly waive his right to a jury trial. Defendant acknowledges that he did not raise and adequately preserve that issue in the trial court. However, he contends that, because he represented himself, he could not “be expected to object to the trial court’s failure to adequately inform him of his right to a jury trial, when he was not properly advised of those rights in the first place.” As described below, we reject that…