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Overturning Verdicts. In certain situations, a judge can overrule or change the guilty verdict that the jury has decided on. Typically, this is called either a judgment of acquittal or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
2d 491,498-99 (1968). A defendant, however, may elect to waive his or her right to a jury trial andinstead be tried in a bench trial. See Boulden, 414 Md. at 294, 995 A.2d at 273. Maryland Rule 4-246 governs the waiver of a jury trial in a criminal case in aMaryland circuit court.here a trial judge provides erroneousadvice that is not corrected, that may have misled a defendant to believe a jury trial wouldbe a less attractive option than it is under Maryland law, and thereby, may have influencedhis or her decision to waive a jury trial, the waiver is not knowing.