State of Indiana v. Latasha Bonds

Bradford, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] On June 15, 2016, Appellee-Defendant Latasha Bonds was charged with two misdemeanor offenses. Bonds waived her right to a trial by jury, instead electing to be tried in a bench trial. Appellant-Plaintiff the State of Indiana ("the State"), however, filed a written demand for a jury trial. The State initiated this interlocutory appeal after the trial court denied its demand for a jury trial and set the matter for a bench trial. Because we conclude that (1) the State does not have the right to demand a jury trial and (2) the State's consent to a bench trial was…