{"id":2850,"date":"2022-04-10T05:51:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T09:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2022-04-09T12:51:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T16:51:57","slug":"when-can-a-defendant-waive-their-right-to-a-jury-trial-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/when-can-a-defendant-waive-their-right-to-a-jury-trial-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"When Can a Defendant Waive Their Right to a Jury Trial in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When Can a Defendant Waive Their Right to a Jury Trial?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Most of us know that there is a fundamental right to a jury trial. However, there is also a right to waive a jury trial. The case of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ma-appellatecourts.org\/pdf\/SJC-13203\/SJC-13203_01_Appellant_Gebo_Brief.pdf\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonwealth v. Gebo\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is pending before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and involves a defendant who wanted to waive her right to a jury on the day of trial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In April of 2017, Homer Gebo was watching the news and drinking coffee in his home. His wife, the defendant, went into the kitchen. A fight ensued between them, and the defendant picked up a plastic chair and hit Mr. Gebo\u2019s arm. Mr. Gebo grabbed the chair and threw it. The defendant then hit Mr. Gebo in the head with a ladle. He passed out for 10-12 seconds and then awoke. Confused, Mr. Gebo asked what had happened and why the defendant hit him. She told him that he had a heart attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/when-can-a-defendant-waive-their-right-to-a-jury-trial-in-massachusetts\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading When Can a Defendant Waive Their Right to a Jury Trial in Massachusetts\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Can a Defendant Waive Their Right to a Jury Trial?\u00a0 Most of us know that there is a fundamental right to a jury trial. However, there is also a right to waive a jury trial. The case of\u00a0Commonwealth v. Gebo\u00a0is pending before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and involves a defendant who wanted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-massachusetts-court-decisions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When Can a Defendant Waive Their Right to a Jury Trial in Massachusetts &#8212; Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; April 10, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Can a Defendant Waive Their Right to a Jury Trial?\u00a0 Most of us know that there is a fundamental right to a jury trial. 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