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Ruby SANSOM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 93-2933.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Aug. 26, 1994.
    Cheryl L. Gentry, Tallahassee, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Marilyn MeFadden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
   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 relinquished 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.