What rights does an accused have to a jury trial?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Maguire, 2010 NSSC 200 (CanLII):
An accused does not have a constitutional right to a trial by judge alone. An accused has a right to a jury trial (see Turpin and Siddiqui v. The Queen (1989), 1989 CanLII 98 (SCC), 48 C.C.C. (3d) 8 (S.C.C.)).
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