2d DCA 2006) (<HOLDING>). Affirmed as to appellants, Jose Corkidi, Max
holding that written jury waivers alone cannot validly waive a defendants right to a jury trial holding that party did not waive right to trial by jury by requesting directed verdict recognizing the right to waive a jury trial holding that decisions on whether to plead guilty or waive the right to a jury trial reside solely with the defendant holding that even where defendant is served received copies of pleadings and chose not to participate in a jury trial an affirmative action more than silence or inaction is necessary to waive the right to a jury trial