Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 27, 1973No. 1 CA-CR 480PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBSON, Chief Judge, Division 1.
This criminal appeal presents for consideration an alleged denial of the defendant’s right to a jury trial under both the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
The defendant, Dennis E. Watson, was convicted of illegal possession of a dangerous drug for sale, A.R.S. § 32-1970 (1971), and placed on probation for three years.
The defendant contends that he was entitled to a jury trial, and that although the record shows that this right was waived, the record does not clearly reflect that the defendant validly waived his right to a jury…
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