Man charged with shooting officers requests bench trial
April 7, 2021
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BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) The suspect charged with shooting and injuring two Massachusetts police officers in 2018 has asked for a jury-waived trial.
Malik Koval, 23, of Falmouth, who is facing multiple counts of assault and battery as well as several other charges, was expected plead guilty Tuesday during a hearing in Barnstable Superior Court, and get up to 12 years in prison under terms of a plea deal reached with prosecutors last month.
But Koval’s attorney, Brian Kelley, instead said his client wants to schedule a jury-waived trial, also known as a bench trial, at which a judge would adjudicate the case, The Cape Cod Times reported.
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