Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1994

Sansom v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 26, 1994 · No. 93-2933 · Barfield, Mickle, Miner

641 So. 2d 201; 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 8457; 1994 WL 460257 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Barnum v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of grand theft following a bench trial. At no time did the trial court obtain from appellant a written waiver of her right to a jury trial. See Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.260. Neither did the court obtain a valid oral waiver establishing that the appellant knowingly and intelligently re*202linquished her right to a jury trial. See Tucker v. State, 569 So.2d 218 (Fla. 1990); Otis v. State, 444 So.2d 1177 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984).

Accordingly, the appellant’s conviction is reversed and the case is remanded for a new trial.

BARFIELD, MINER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.

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