Minimum requirements for waiving jury trial right

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L 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? I. 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 despite there no evidence of a knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver of Petitioner’s fundamental right to a jury trial? ii PROCEEDINGS IN STATE TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS Scott Nicholas Sanford v. Commonwealth of Virginia, Record No. 200740, Supreme Court of Virginia. Petition for Appeal refused on February 3, 2021. Petition for Rehearing denied on March 26, 2021. Scott Nicholas Sanford v. Commonwealth of Virginia, Records No. 1231-19-4, Court of Appeals of Virginia. Petition for Appeal denied by per curiam opinion dated February 24, 2020. Petition for Rehearing denied on April 30, 2020. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Scott Nicholas Sanford, Case Nos. CR31582-00, CR02025194-00 through CR02025194-02 and CR03022635-00, Circuit Court for Loudoun County, Virginia. Judgement entered March 15, 2019 (final Sentencing Order entered May 28, 2019 and “Amended Sentencing Order entered July 29, 2019).