I. What are the minimum requirements and procedures for establishing that a defendant's fundamental right to a jury trial is waived in an intelligent, knowing, and voluntary manner consistent with the United States' Constitution?

II. Was the Petitioner's 6th Amendment right to a jury trial unlawfully abridged where the Court of Appeals relied on a "contemporaneous objection" rule and found a waiver-by-forfeiture despite there no evidence of a knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver of Petitioner's fundamental right to a jury trial?

Minimum requirements for waiving jury trial right