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Consenting to Have Magistrate Conduct Trial Not Waiver to Right to Jury Trial

Loaded on May 15, 1999 published in Prison Legal News May, 1999, page 25
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Juries, Magistrates. Location: Texas.
The Fifth Circuit court of appeals held that a pro se prisoner who signed a consent to have a magistrate judge conduct his trial did not knowingly waive his right to a jury trial.

Kevin Jennings, a Texas state prisoner, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging excessive force …

 

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