New York Defendants in Criminal Trials, Amendment 3 (1937)

Voting on Civil and Criminal Trials Ballot Measures By state By year Not on ballot New York Constitution Preamble Articles I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX

The New York Defendants in Criminal Trials, Amendment 3, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 3, was on the ballot in New York on November 2, 1937, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This amendment permitted "defendants in all criminal cases, except those in which the crime charged may be punishable by death, to waive trial by jury."

Election results

New York Proposed Amendment No. 3 (1937)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		721,540	56.73%
No		550,297	43.27%

Election results via: New York State Court System

See also

Suggest a link

• New York 1937 ballot measures
• 1937 ballot measures
• List of New York ballot measures

External links

• New York State Court System