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A bench trial is a trial by judge, as opposed to a trial by jury. [1] The term applies most appropriately to any administrative hearing in relation to a summary offense to distinguish the type of trial. Many legal systems (Roman, Islamic) use bench trials for most or all cases or for certain types of cases.
Bench used in a legal context can have several meanings. First, it can simply indicate the location in a courtroom where a judge sits. Second, the term bench is a metonym used to describe members of the judiciary collectively, [ 1 ] or the judges of a particular court, such as the King's Bench or the Common Bench in England and Wales, or the ...
If the earlier trial is a fraud, double jeopardy will not prohibit a new trial because the party acquitted has prevented themselves from being placed into jeopardy to begin with. One such case is the trial of Harry Aleman, who was tried and acquitted in 1977 in Cook County, Illinois for the September 1972 death of William Logan. Nearly 20 years ...
The defense and prosecution on Tuesday agreed to a bench trial – meaning the judge, not a jury, will hear evidence and testimony and decide Ibarra’s fate.
The suspect in the slaying of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus has agreed to a bench trial rather than a trial before a jury.. Jurors were scheduled to appear in ...
A bench memorandum (pl. bench memoranda) (also known as a bench memo) is a short and neutral memorandum that summarizes the facts, issues, and arguments of a court case. Bench memos are used by the judge as a reference during preparation for trial, the hearing of lawyers' arguments, and the drafting of a decision and also to give the judge an ...
A bench trial for a man accused of killing a New Jersey teen in Middle Smithfield Township is set to start Wednesday.. The now-22-year-old Tyrone Parson, of Stroudsburg, is accused of fatally ...
A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial, in which a judge or panel of judges makes all decisions. Jury trials are increasingly used in a significant share of serious criminal cases in many common law judicial systems