Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 22, 1971 (People v. Brown)

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County, rendered June 10, 1970, convicting him of rape in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Defendant contends that his waiver of trial by jury was ineffective because it was oral.