A. In all prosecutions in the Municipal Court for any offense for which the City, with the concurrence of the court, seeks imposition of a fine of more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), excluding court costs, or imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, a jury trial shall be had unless waived by the defendant and the City. In prosecutions for all other offenses, or in cases wherein a jury trial is waived by the defendant and the City, trial shall be to the court. A jury in the Municipal Court shall consist of six (6) jurors, five (5) of whom may return verdict. Jurors shall be good and lawful men or women, citizens of the County in which the court sits, having the qualifications of jurors in the district court.
B. At arraignment, the defendant shall be asked whether he demands or waives trial by jury. His election shall be recorded in the minutes of the arraignment and entered on the docket of the court respecting proceedings in the case.
C. An election waiving jury trial made at arraignment may be changed by the defendant at any time prior to the day for which trial by the court is set. An election demanding jury trial may be changed at any time prior to the commencement of proceedings to impanel the jury for the trial, but if that change occurs after the case has been set for jury trial, it may not thereafter be re- changed so as again to demand trial by jury.
(Code 1991, § 6-129; Ord. No. 99-32, § 1, 11-1-1999; Ord. No. 11-01, 1-3-2011)
State Law reference- Fine over $200.00 or imprisonment to be determined by jury trial, 11 O.S. § 27-119.