Proposition Summary
Senate Constitutional Amendment 9. Amends Section 7, Article I, of Constitution. Declares that a trial by jury may be waived in all criminal cases, by consent of both parties, expressed in open court by the defendant and his counsel.
Proposition Number
20
Year
1928
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 788046; A: 65.4; N: 416596; B: 34.6
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Senate Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. I, section 7.
For Author
C. C. Baker, State Senator, Seventeenth District; F. C. Handy, State Senator, Fourth District
Recommended Citation
WAIVING JURY TRIAL IN CRIMINAL CASES California Proposition 20 (1928).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/249
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