What determines whether I receive a judge or a jury trial?

What determines whether I receive a judge or a jury trial?

For any offense where the punishment is incarceration, either a misdemeanour or a felony, you are entitled to a jury trial by 12 people from the community. Usually, almost always, if you're going to have a trial, you would want to have a jury trial because the prosecution has to get all 12 people to agree and it's usually much easier for the defence to knock out just one juror, and has a one in 12 chance, than to knock out a judge who's seen everything.