Keith B wrote:bdickens wrote:Keith B wrote:There is an old addage that says 'Close enough for government work'. What that translates to if a CHL get's caught going past a 30.06 sign is
'CLOSE ENOUGH FOR the
GOVENRMENT judge to make you do time on the
WORK farm.'
I thought it was a
jury that had to decide that.
Nope, you can have a Judge only decison that can put you in jail.
I thought we got to chose whether we wanted a jury or not. I remember a long time ago hearing that if one wanted a case decided on the law, chose a judge, but if one wanted a case decided on the facts, chose a jury.