Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Baer, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-04
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 335
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Baer, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 335–335

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Baer, Appellant.
[696 NYS2d 691]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Browne, J.), rendered March 23, 1998, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
In this nonjury trial, the defendant did not execute, in open court, a written waiver of his right to a trial by jury. Consequently, as the People correctly concede, reversal is required (see, NY Const, art I, § 2; CPL 320.10; see also, People v Ahmed, 66 NY2d 307; People v Davidson, 136 AD2d 66). Bracken, J. P., S. Miller, Krausman and H. Miller, JJ., concur.