Much easier to get a reversalon a guilty verdict if tried by a judge. With a jury verdict, an appellate court gives great weight to the jury decision because they heard the evidence.
With a judge, you can attack the findings of fact and conclusions of law much more easily because the judge must write them out when delivering a verdict. A jury doesn’t have to do that.
And a judge relies on the same facts presented as evidence as a jury does. There are either facts to support the verdict on the record or there aren’t.
And a judge relies on the same facts presented as evidence as a jury does. There are either facts to support the verdict on the record or there aren’t.