PER CURIAM:
We are asked in this case to determine what is meant by the statutory requirement that a written waiver of the right to jury trial be "made in open court". The Court of Appeals held that in order for a written waiver to be valid the record must affirmatively show that the waiver was executed in open court. We disagree.
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Following a bench trial in the Wayne Circuit Court, the defendant was convicted of attempted breaking and entering an...
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