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A criminal defendant in D.C. Superior Court is charged with a felony. Under the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial as applied to serious offenses, the defendant is entitled to a jury trial because:

Every offense, however minor, guarantees a jury The offense is serious (carrying potential imprisonment of more than six months), triggering the constitutional jury-trial right Felony defendants may never waive a jury Jury trials are unavailable in D.C. Superior Court

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The offense is serious (carrying potential imprisonment of more than six months), triggering the constitutional jury-trial right

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