California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ernst, 34 Cal.Rptr.2d 238, 8 Cal.4th 441, 881 P.2d 298 (Cal. 1994):
In People v. Holmes (1960) 54 Cal.2d 442, 5 Cal.Rptr. 871, 353 P.2d 583, this court reversed the judgment entered in a criminal case following a court trial, because, although the defendant was advised expressly of his right to a trial by jury, he "did not express in words a waiver" of that right. (Id. at p. 443, 5 Cal.Rptr. 871, 353 P.2d 583.) This court held that such a waiver "must be so expressed and will not be implied from a defendant's conduct." (Id. at p. 444, 5 Cal.Rptr. 871, 353 P.2d 583.)
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