Section 1042.5 Of Chapter 7. The Mode Of Trial From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
1042.5
. Trial of an infraction shall be by the court, but when a
defendant has been charged with an infraction and with a public
offense for which there is a right to jury trial and a jury trial is
not waived, the court may order that the offenses be tried together
by jury or that they be tried separately with the infraction being
tried by the court either in the same proceeding or a separate
proceeding as may be appropriate.