From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Rhino  wrote:   
      
   >I had a look on YouTube . . .   
      
   Thank you for the citations.   
      
   In my state, and I assume everywhere, the right to trial by jury is   
   absolute. While there are expedited procedures for misdemeanor charges   
   and traffic citations and other petty offenses, there is no exception.   
      
   In fact, it's a strategy. If a traffic citation is issued, it may be   
   heard at a satellite courtroom in which there are no jury trials. A   
   demand for a jury trial gets the case heard in the main courthouse at   
   the county seat and a different judge. With the trial relocated, the   
   defendant may still ask for a bench trial.   
      
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