State v. Anderson

2002 WI 7, 638 N.W.2d 301, 249 Wis. 2d 586, 2002 Wisc. LEXIS 5

• Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Decided: January 24, 2002
• Docket: 00-1563-CR
• Status: Published

Opinions

N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

¶ 1. TyranN. Anderson seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming his conviction for disorderly conduct,¹ contrary to Wis. Stat. § 947.01 (1997-98).² Anderson contends that his jury trial waiver was both statutorily and constitutionally inadequate because the circuit court and the State failed to affirmatively approve and consent to the waiver, and the circuit court did not engage him in a personal colloquy confirming the written waiver.

¶ 2. We reject Anderson's argument that his jury trial waiver is invalid because the record lacks the required approval of the court and consent by the State. We conclude that the circuit court approved Anderson's jury trial waiver by accepting the waiver on the record, scheduling a bench trial, and then subsequently conducting a bench trial. Similarly, we conclude that the State consented to Anderson's jury trial waiver by participating in a bench trial without voicing objection.

¶ 3. With regard to Anderson's argument that the circuit court erred by failing to engage him in a personal colloquy, we hold that the record is insufficient to determine whether Anderson's jury trial waiver was knowing, intelligent and voluntary. We, therefore, hold that the circuit court should have engaged Anderson in a personal colloquy. We reverse the decision of the court of appeals, and remand for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Anderson knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial. Furthermore, recognizing that a jury trial involves a fundamental right, we mandate the use of a personal colloquy in every case where a criminal defendant seeks to waive his or her right to a jury trial.

I

¶ 4. The relevant facts are not in dispute. In November, 1998, Anderson was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with disorderly conduct, contrary to Wis. Stat. § 947.01.³ The charge was later amended to battery under Wis. Stat. § 940.19(1).⁴

¶ 5. Assistant State Public Defender Paul Ksicin-ski initially represented Anderson, but moved to withdraw on January 26, 1999, citing attorney-client communication problems. On February 25,1999, the circuit court granted Ksicinski's motion with Anderson's approval. Attorney Scott Connors was appointed as successor counsel. Six months later, Attorney Connors moved to withdraw, also citing, among other reasons, attorney-client communication problems. On October 13, 1999, however, Attorney Connors essentially withdrew his request to withdraw as counsel, acknowledging that Anderson was not entitled to another Public Defender appointment because of the prior withdrawal of Attorney Ksicinski.

¶ 6. The jury trial was scheduled for November 10, 1999. On that morning, when the case was called, Anderson was apparently slow in getting to the defense table and the court, the Honorable Mary M. Kuh-nmuench, presiding, addressed Anderson in the following manner:

THE COURT: Mr. Anderson, you're going to have to do better than that. Get in the defense table. Hang on. You pull that crap in front of a jury and I can tell you — You get your butt from the jury box over to the defense table as quickly as possible. I'm not standing for any of this kind of garbage. Do you understand me?

THE DEFENDANT: (No audible response.)

THE COURT: Do you understand me? I don't want any comments from you. All I need from you is for you to do what I tell you to do when I tell you to do it.

¶ 7. After a brief discussion about prior convictions and jury instructions, the court advised counsel that they would begin picking the jury after lunch. Attorney Connors then informed the court that he had discussed with Anderson the possibility of having a bench trial rather than a jury trial. The court instructed Attorney Connors that he would have "to have a waiver of the jury trial form in the file." Anderson subsequently signed a jury trial waiver. The substance of the waiver reads in its entirety:

And now comes the above named defendant, and in his own proper person hereby expressly waives trial by a jury and consents to immediate trial before the court without a jury.

I will be giving up my right to have my case decided by 12 people sitting as a jury; I understand that all 12 of those people would have to agree in order to reach a . verdict.

¶ 8. After a recess, the court reconvened and discussed Anderson's jury trial waiver. After stating appearances, the complete discussion went as follows:

THE COURT: The Court is in receipt of a waiver of trial by jury that is signed and dated today's date. The Court will receive it and enter it in the trial as a knowing and voluntary waiver of his right to a jury trial. We will proceed with a bench trial at 1:30 this afternoon. Are there any questions of the Court?

MS. ZIMMERS [State]: No.

THE COURT: We'll see you both back at 1:30.

When the proceedings reconvened, the case was presented to the circuit court and Anderson was found guilty.

¶ 9. Anderson appealed his conviction. The Court of Appeals found that Anderson's jury trial waiver was sufficient and affirmed the circuit court's judgment. On March 6, 2001, this court granted Anderson's Petition for Review.

II

¶ 10. A defendant's right to a jury trial is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the Wisconsin Constitution.⁵ While the right to a jury trial is recognized as a fundamental right, see State v. Cleveland, 50 Wis. 2d 666, 670, 184 N.W.2d 899 (1971), it is also well established that a defendant can completely waive the right to a jury trial in favor of a trial by the court. Wisconsin Stat. § 972.02 establishes the procedure for a criminal defendant to waive his right to a jury trial. Section 972.02(1) states:

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, criminal cases shall be tried by a jury selected as prescribed in s. 805.08, unless the defendant waives a jury in writing or by statement in open court or under s. 967.08(2)(b), on the record, with the approval of the court and the consent of the state.

¶ 11. This case is not the first opportunity for a Wisconsin appellate court to interpret Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1). Rather, previous cases interpreting § 972.02 have estáblished several requirements for determining a valid waiver of the right to a jury trial. The waiver cannot be based on circumstantial evidence or reasonable inferences. Cleveland, 50 Wis. 2d at 670. The defendant, not his attorney, must waive the right to a jury trial by an affirmative act of the defendant himself. State v. Livingston, 159 Wis. 2d 561, 569, 464 N.W.2d 839 (1991). Furthermore, the court must advise the defendant of the unanimity requirement, such that the court cannot accept a jury verdict that is not agreed to by each member of the jury. State v. Resio, 148 Wis. 2d 687, 696-697, 436 N.W.2d 603 (1989). Finally, this court has stated that "[t]he right to a trial by jury is one of the rights that is 'so fundamental to the concept of fair and impartial decision making, that their relinquishment must meet the standard set forth in Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458 (1938).'" Resio, 148 Wis. 2d at 694 (quoting State v. Albright, 96 Wis. 2d 122, 130-131, 291 N.W.2d 487 (1980)). Accordingly, a jury trial waiver must be "an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege." Johnson, 304 U.S. at 464; see also Resio, 148 Wis. 2d at 694.

¶ 12. Anderson claims his jury trial waiver is both statutorily and constitutionally infirm. First, he claims that his jury trial waiver does not comply with the requirements of Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1) because while his jury trial waiver was in writing, the record lacks the required "approval of the court and the consent of the state." Anderson also contends that his jury trial waiver is invalid, because the circuit court failed to engage him in a personal colloquy to determine that his waiver was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. We independently review both of Anderson's claims, benefiting from the analyses of the circuit court and the court of appeals. "Whether an individual is denied a constitutional right is a question of constitutional fact that this court reviews independently as a question of law." State v. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d 194, 204, 564 N.W.2d 716 (1997) (reviewing whether defendant waived right to counsel).

¶ 13. Anderson first argues that the record fails to demonstrate approval of the court or consent by the State sufficient to satisfy Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1). Specifically, Anderson relies on Spiller v. State, 49 Wis. 2d 372, 182 N.W.2d 242 (1971), for his position that silence by the court and the State lacks the required affirmative acts, in order to waive the right to a jury trial.

¶ 14. In Spiller, the defendant claimed that he waived his right to a jury trial, making it error for his case to be subsequently tried before a jury. Id. at 373. At his arraignment, Spiller stated that he waived his right to a jury trial. Id. The transcript is silent, however, on the reaction of the district attorney and the court. Id. Nearly eight months later, Spiller's case went to trial before a jury and no mention was made of the alleged jury trial waiver. Id. On appeal, Spiller argued it was error for him to be subject to a jury trial because his jury trial waiver was valid. Focusing on the required approval of the court and consent of the State, this court held that there was no waiver of a jury trial because "silence as consent is not a reasonable inference when affirmative acts of consent and approval are required." Id. at 374. "[SJilence on the part of the district attorney and the court is not tantamount to their respective consent and approval." Id. at 374-375.

¶ 15. The State argues that Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1) does not specify how the court's approval and the state's consent must be expressed, and that this court should infer approval and consent from the fact that the court and the State both proceeded with a court trial. According to the State, Spiller is not controlling because the facts are opposite and applying Spiller does not support the reasonable objectives of the statute. The defendant in Spiller allegedly waived his right to a jury trial, but he subsequently was tried before a jury. In contrast, Anderson waived his right to a jury trial and got what he asked for, a bench trial. The State argues that the approval and consent requirements of the statute are intended to preserve the state's interest in jury trials. When the State does not dispute the jury trial waiver, by silence and by going forward with a bench trial as requested by the defendant, the State argues that a defendant cannot rely on silence by the State and the court to invalidate the waiver.

¶. 16. We agree. Anderson cannot rely on silence by the State, and a somewhat incomplete acceptance by the court, to invalidate his jury trial waiver, when the State and the court both proceeded to a bench trial without objection. Although the court's approval of the jury trial waiver may not have been as explicit as it could have been, the record demonstrates that the court accepted the waiver and proceeded with a bench trial. Specifically, the court stated:

THE COURT: The Court is in receipt of a waiver of trial by jury that is signed and dated today's date. The Court will receive it and enter it in the trial as a knowing and voluntary waiver of his right to a jury trial. We will proceed with a bench trial at 1:30 this afternoon.

This statement demonstrates that the court expressed its approval by accepting Anderson's written waiver, scheduling the bench trial, and later conducting a bench trial in this case.

¶ 17. With regard to the State's consent, we find this case is more akin to United States v. Radford, 452 F.2d 332 (7th Cir. 1971), rather than Spiller.⁶ In Radford, the defendant claimed his jury trial waiver was invalid because the United States Attorney failed to sign the jury waiver form. 452 F.2d at 335. Looking at Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(a),⁷ the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the purpose of government consent is to protect the government's right to a jury trial.⁸ Id. at 335. Accordingly, where the government does not contest the waiver, the government's silence should be considered consent and the "defendant cannot repudiate his signed waiver by asserting the United States Attorney's non-signing as a defect." Id.

¶ 18. The United States Attorney's failure to sign the jury trial waiver is analogous to the State's silence in this case. Because the underlying principle of state consent is to protect the state's interest in jury trials, we find that Anderson cannot rely on the State's silence to invalidate his jury trial waiver. The fact that the State went forward with the court trial, and did not voice any opposition, demonstrates the State's consent to the jury trial waiver in this case.

¶ 19. We next address Anderson's contention that his jury trial waiver is invalid, because the circuit court failed to engage him in a colloquy. Anderson argues that without a colloquy, the court lacks sufficient information to guarantee that relinquishment of the right to a jury trial is knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. Anderson suggests that his written waiver is not sufficient to determine that he knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived the right to a jury trial, because the court admonished him shortly before the waiver was accepted, and the record demonstrates he had problems communicating with his attorney.

¶ 20. Relying on State v. Livingston, 159 Wis. 2d 561, 573, 464 N.W.2d 839 (1991), State v. Cleveland, 50 Wis. 2d 666, 670, 184 N.W.2d 899 (1971), and State v. Moore, 97 Wis. 2d 669, 294 N.W.2d 551 (Ct. App. 1980), Anderson contends that the proper remedy for the court's failure to engage him in a colloquy is reversal of his conviction and remand for a new trial. In all of those cases, the reviewing court found that the defendant did not waive his constitutional right to a jury trial, and ordered a new trial. Livingston, 159 Wis. 2d at 573; Cleveland, 50 Wis. 2d at 670; Moore, 97 Wis. 2d at 671. In Livingston and Cleveland, the defendants themselves made no statement — written or oral — waiving the right to a jury trial. Livingston, 159 Wis. 2d at 565; Cleveland, 50 Wis. 2d at 669. In Moore, the circuit court engaged the defendant in a short colloquy, informing the defendant of his right to a jury trial, but the court never asked the defendant if he wanted a jury trial or wished to waive it. 97 Wis. 2d at 670. Based on these cases, Anderson argues that the circuit court erred by failing to engage him in a colloquy to establish his willingness and intent to give up his right to a jury trial, before accepting the written waiver. See Krueger v. State, 84 Wis. 2d 272, 282, 267 N.W.2d 602 (1978).

¶ 21. The State contends that a personal colloquy is not a statutory or constitutional requirement. Wisconsin Stat. § 972.02(1) does not specifically require a colloquy, and there is nothing in the record to suggest Anderson's waiver was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. The State argues that Anderson's failure to protest the bench trial, after defense counsel informed the court of the jury trial waiver, should be construed as "knowing acquiescence." The State also argues that if the court retains any doubt about whether Anderson's waiver was knowing, intelligent and voluntary, the proper remedy is a remand for an evidentiary hearing, rather than reversal of his conviction.

¶ 22. The State contends that Livingston, Cleveland, and Moore do not apply here because unlike the defendants in those cases, Anderson's signed waiver is a personal, affirmative step to waive his right to a jury trial. According to the State, this case is similar to State v. Grant, 230 Wis. 2d 90, 601 N.W.2d 8 (Ct. App. 1999), where the defendant took an affirmative step — a brief personal colloquy on the issue of waiver — and the proper remedy was an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the waiver was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary regarding the jury unanimity requirement. In Grant, the Court of Appeals relied on State v. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d 194, 207, 564 N.W.2d 716 (1997), and adopted the familiar State v. Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d 246, 389 N.W.2d 12 (1986), procedure as the appropriate remedy when the circuit court fails to advise a defendant of the jury unanimity requirement. 230 Wis. 2d at 96, 100.

¶ 23. . We conclude that without a personal colloquy, we are unable to determine that Anderson's jury trial waiver is knowing, intelligent, and voluntary.⁹ The right to a jury trial is a fundamental right. State v. Villarreal, 153 Wis. 2d 323, 326, 450 N.W.2d 519 (Ct. App. 1989). As noted previously, this court has held that "[t]he right to a trial by jury is one of the rights that is 'so fundamental to the concept of fair and impartial decision making, that their relinquishment must meet the standard set forth in Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458 (1938).'" Resio, 148 Wis. 2d at 694. The waiver of a jury trial therefore must be an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. Id. While Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1) establishes the procedure for waiving the right to a jury trial, the statutory requirements are not sufficient to determine whether a defendant's waiver is knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. Therefore, based on our recognition that a jury trial involves a fundamental right, we mandate the use of a personal colloquy in every case where a criminal defendant seeks to waive his or her right to a jury trial.¹⁰ A colloquy is the clearest means of determining that the defendant is knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waiving his right to a jury trial, and a colloquy documents the valid waiver for postconviction motions and appellate proceedings. As we stated in Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d at 206, "a properly conducted colloquy serves the dual purposes of ensuring that a defendant is not deprived of his constitutional rights and of efficiently guarding our scarce judicial resources."

¶ 24. To prove a valid jury trial waiver, the circuit court must conduct a colloquy designed to ensure that the defendant: (1) made a deliberate choice, absent threats or promises, to proceed without a jury trial; (2) was aware of the nature of a jury trial, such that it consists of a panel of 12 people that must agree on all elements of the crime charged; (3) was aware of the nature of a court trial, such that the judge will make a decision on whether or not he or she is guilty of the crime charged; and (4) had enough time to discuss this decision with his or her attorney. See Wisconsin Judicial Benchbook, vol. 1, CR 22-3 through 22-6 (2d ed. 2001). As with other constitutional rights, "If the circuit court fails to conduct a colloquy, a reviewing court may not find, based on the record, that there was a valid waiver.. . ." Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d at 206 (involving waiver of right to counsel).

¶ 25. We now turn to the facts before us, and what is the proper remedy when the circuit court fails to conduct an adequate colloquy. We hold that the circuit court must hold an evidentiary hearing on whether the waiver of the right to a jury trial was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. The per se rule of requiring a new trial, based on Livingston, does not apply here because Anderson's written waiver was a personal affirmative step to waive his right to a jury trial. The evidentiary hearing procedure we adopt is already followed to determine whether a defendant's plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary; see Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d at 274, and to determine whether a defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to counsel; see Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d at 207. Accordingly, as the circuit court did not conduct a personal colloquy in this case, it must now hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Anderson knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial.

¶ 26. The evidentiary hearing procedure we adopt today stems from the procedure for resolving guilty plea wáivers and has been extended to resolution of waivers of the right to counsel. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d at 207. The same approach is appropriate here. "Nonwaiver is presumed unless waiver is affirmatively shown to be knowing, intelligent and voluntary." Id. at 204. The State has the burden of overcoming the presumption of non-waiver, and is required to prove by clear and convincing evidence that Anderson's jury trial waiver was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary.¹¹ See id. at 207. If the State is able to satisfy its burden, the conviction will stand. If the State is unable to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial, the defendant is entitled to a new trial.

¶ 27. The State makes one final argument with regard to an evidentiary hearing. The State contends that even if we find that an evidentiary hearing is the proper remedy, Anderson is not entitled to a hearing, because he has failed to allege that he did not know or understand the right he was waiving when he executed the written jury trial waiver. See State v. Giebel, 198 Wis. 2d 207, 217, 541 N.W.2d 815 (Ct. App. 1995). However, the facts of this case demonstrate that Anderson was having difficulty communicating with his attorneys, and that prior to accepting the jury trial waiver the court admonished Anderson stating, "All I need from you is for you to do what I tell you to do when I tell you to do it." Under such circumstances, we find it appropriate to remand this case to determine whether Anderson's jury trial waiver was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary.

III

¶ 28. In sum, we conclude that while the court's acceptance of Anderson's jury trial waiver did not violate Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1) on its face, Anderson's written waiver is insufficient to establish that he knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial. We reject Anderson's argument that his jury trial waiver is invalid because the record lacks the required approval of the court and consent by the State. The court approved Anderson's jury trial waiver by accepting the waiver on the record, scheduling a bench trial, and subsequently conducting a bench trial in this case. The State also consented to Anderson's jury trial waiver by participating in a bench trial without voicing any objection. Because Anderson requested a bench trial, and subsequently received a bench trial, we hold that he cannot rely on the State's silence to invalidate his jury trial waiver.

¶ 29. Although Anderson submitted a written jury trial waiver form, we find that the circuit court erred by failing to engage Anderson in a personal colloquy regarding the jury trial waiver. Recognizing that a jury trial involves a fundamental right, we mandate the use of a personal colloquy in every case where a criminal defendant seeks to waive his or her right to a jury trial. We explicitly rely on Klessig, where we faced circumstances similar to those presented here, and we mandated the use of a colloquy in every case where a defendant seeks to waive his or her right to counsel.¹² A colloquy is the clearest means of determining that the defendant is knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waiving his right to a jury trial, and a colloquy documents the valid waiver for postconviction motions and appellate proceedings. Because the circuit court did not engage Anderson in a personal colloquy, we remand this case to the circuit court for an eviden-tiary hearing to determine whether Anderson knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial.

By the Court. — The decision of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the circuit court.

1 Although not relevant to the merits of this case regarding the validity of Anderson's jury trial waiver, we note an inconsistency in the record. The trial court proceedings reveal that Anderson was convicted of battery, contrary to Wis. Stat. § 940.19(1). Anderson was also sentenced pursuant to a judgment of conviction for battery. The written judgment of conviction, however, shows Anderson was convicted of disorderly conduct.

2 All references to the Wisconsin Statutes are to the 1997-1998 version unless otherwise noted.

3 Wisconsin Stat. § 947.01 states in full:

947.01 Disorderly Conduct. Whoever, in a public or private place, engages in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct under circumstances in which the conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

4 Wisconsin Stat. § 940.19(1) states in full:

940.19 Battery; substantial battery; aggravated battery. (1) Whoever causes bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

5 The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides as follows:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Article I, Section 7 of the Wisconsin Constitution provides as follows:

Rights of accused. SECTION 7. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him; to meet the witnesses face to face; to have compulsory process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf; and in prosecutions hy indictment, or information, to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district wherein the offense shall have been committed; which county or district shall have been previously ascertained by law.

6 The state consent requirement was first established in 1949, see § 120, ch. 631, Laws of 1949, and is based on Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(a). See State v. Murdock, 2000 WI App 170, ¶ 21, 238 Wis. 2d 301, 617 N.W.2d 175 (citing 1949 S.B. 474 and Senate Amendment 5). Federal cases addressing the government consent requirement, therefore, are instructive regarding the interpretation of Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1). See id.

7 Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(a) is nearly identical to Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1). Rule 23(a) states:

(a) Trial by Jury. Cases required to be tried by jury shall be so tried unless the defendant waives a jury trial in writing with the approval of the court and the consent of the government.

8 The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit relied on Singer v. United States, 380 U.S. 24 (1965). In Singer, the defendant offered to waive the right to a jury trial and the court was willing to approve the waiver, but the government refused to give its consent. Id. at 25. The United States Supreme Court examined the government consent requirement and found that the requirement was designed to protect the government's interest in a trial by jury.

We find no constitutional impediment to conditioning a waiver of this right on the consent of the prosecuting attorney and the trial judge when, if either refuses to consent, the result is simply that the defendant is subject to an impartial trial by jury — the very thing that the Constitution guarantees him. The Constitution recognizes an adversary system as the proper method of determining guilt, and the Government, as a litigant, has a legitimate * interest in seeing that cases in which it believes a conviction is warranted are tried before the tribunal which the Constitution regards as most likely to produce a fair result.

Id. at 36.

9 We disagree with the dissent's application of the "totality of facts and circumstances" test to determine the validity of Anderson's jury trial waiver. Dissent at ¶ 58. The dissent gets this test from State v. Burns, 226 Wis. 2d 762, 774, 594 N.W.2d 799 (1999), where this court stated, "that the only inference possible from the totality of the facts and circumstances of this case is that this defendant intended to plead no contest." We decline to engage in a similar analysis because, unlike here, in Burns the circuit court engaged the defendant in a lengthy personal colloquy, see id. at 767, and the defendant signed a plea questionnaire and waiver of rights form. Id. at 766-767. In contrast, while Anderson signed a jury trial waiver form, the circuit court did not engage Anderson in any personal colloquy regarding his decision to waive his right to a jury trial. Based on the facts presented here, we therefore, disagree with the dissent's "totality of facts and circumstances" analysis.

10 We disagree with the dissent's conclusion that our decision to mandate a colloquy conflicts with Wis. Stat. § 972.02(1), and makes compliance with the statute irrelevant. Dissent at ¶¶ 42, 50. Rather, a colloquy enhances the statutory requirements because we conclude that a colloquy is the best procedure to determine that a defendant is knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily relinquishing a fundamental right.

11 We adopt the clear and convincing burden of proof from our decision in State v. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d 194, 207, 564 N.W.2d 716 (1997), involving waiver of the right to counsel. We held that the State is required to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the defendant's waiver of counsel was knowing, intelligent and voluntary. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d at 207; see also State v. Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d 246, 274, 389 N.W.2d 12 (1986) (requiring State to show clear and convincing evidence that defendant's plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary). We further held that the clear and convincing evidence standard would satisfy the State's burden of overcoming the presumption of non-waiver. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d at 207. While we recognize that this burden of proof is sometimes stated as clear, satisfactory and convincing evidence, we state the burden of proof as applied in Klessig and Bangert, clear and convincing evidence. See Wis JI — Criminal 140A (burden of proof in forfeiture actions); see also City of Milwaukee v. Wilson, 96 Wis. 2d 11, 22, 291 N.W.2d 452 (1980). For these reasons, we adopt the clear and convincing standard of proof for establishing that a defendant's jury trial waiver was knowing, intelligent and voluntary.

12 The dissent contends that we are simply mandating a new rule without explaining our source of authority. Dissent at ¶ 46. The dissent, however, ignores our reliance on State v. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d 194, 206, 564 N.W.2d 716 (1997), where this court similarly mandated the use of a colloquy in every case where a defendant seeks to waive his or her right to counsel. As stated above, we explicitly rely on Klessig for our authority to mandate a colloquy where a criminal defendant seeks to waive his or her right to a jury trial. Although not explicit in Klessig, the court seemed to rely on our superintending authority in Article VII, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution to mandate a colloquy in that case. Our superintending authority "enables the court to control the course of ordinary litigation in the lower courts" and "is as broad and as flexible as necessary to insure the due administration of justice." Arneson v. Jezwinski, 206 Wis. 2d , 556 N.W.2d 721 (1996) (quoted source omitted). As demonstrated by our holding in Klessig, our superintending authority is broad enough to require a colloquy where a defendant seeks to waive a fundamental right. Accordingly, we rely on Klessig for our authority to mandate a colloquy where a defendant seeks to waive his or her right to a jury trial.