Case Name: The STATE, Appellant, v. John D. HANSON, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1985-06-12
Citations: 285 S.C. 543
Docket Number: 22344
Parties: The STATE, Appellant, v. John D. HANSON, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 285
Pages: 543–544

Head Matter:
22344
The STATE, Appellant, v. John D. HANSON, Respondent.
(331 S. E. (2d) 782)
Supreme Court
Asst. Chief Counsel Buford S. Mabry, Jr., Columbia, for appellant.
John R. Rakowsky, Cay ce-West Columbia, and Kenneth C. Hanson, of Columbia, for respondent.
Submitted May 31, 1985.
Decided June 12, 1985.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Respondent was charged in magistrate's court with reckless driving. The magistrate denied the State's motion for a jury trial and the circuit court affirmed. We reverse.
A defendant's waiver of a jury trial is conditioned upon the consent of the prosecutor and the trial judge. State v. Shuck, 278 S. C. 441, 298 S. E. (2d) 95 (1982). If either objects to the waiver, the defendant must be tried by a jury. State v. Burgin, 255 S. C. 237, 178 S. E. (2d) 325, rev'd on other grounds, 404 U. S. 806, 92 S. Ct. 46, 30 L. Ed. (2d) 39 (1971). See also Singer v. United States, 380 U. S. 24, 85 S. Ct. 783, 13 L. Ed. (2d) 630 (1965). This same rule applies in magistrate's court. State v. Nash, 51 S. C. 319, 28 S. E. 946 (1898).
When the State objected to the defendant's waiver of a jury trial, the trial judge should have empaneled a jury. The judgment of the lower court is reversed and the case is remanded for trial by jury.
Reversed and remanded.