What is the test for a defendant's right to stand trial by jury?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. DiLorenzo, 153 Misc.2d 1021, 585 N.Y.S.2d 670 (N.Y. City Ct. 1992):
On the opposite end of the spectrum are a minority of courts which conclude that the right to a trial by jury is determined by the punishment authorized by statute for the particular offenses, and that consolidation of offenses for trial does not affect this rule, nor does the imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment which aggregate beyond the six month period. State v. Robertson, 310 So.2d 619 (La.1975).
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