Whitaker v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

In Whitaker v. State, 244 Ga. App. 241 (535 SE2d 283) (2000) ('Whitaker 7), we vacated the judgment of conviction in this case and remanded for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Whitaker knowingly and intelligently waived his right to a jury trial. Id. at 243-244 (4). After a hearing, the trial court found that Whitaker “did knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waive his right to a jury trial,” and reinstated his conviction and sentence. Whitaker appeals this determination, and we affirm.

As we noted in Whitaker I, the record below “contains some evidence…