Ealey v. State

714 S.E.2d 424 (2011)

310 Ga. App. 893

EALEY

v.

The STATE.

No. A11A0050.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 14, 2011.

Jonathon Justin Majeske, for appellant.

Tracy Graham-Lawson, Dist. Atty., Luana Popescu, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

After a stipulated bench trial, Val Ealey was convicted of trafficking in cocaine, possession of marijuana, and exceeding the speed limit. Ealey appeals, asserting that his waiver of the right to a jury trial was ineffective because it was not voluntary. Specifically, he argues that the court coerced him into waiving his jury trial right by…