Case Name: Charles BASSUE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-12-27
Citations: 536 So. 2d 1140
Docket Number: No. 87-1578
Parties: Charles BASSUE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ., and ROBERT C. SCOTT, Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 536
Pages: 1140–1141

Head Matter:
Charles BASSUE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-1578.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 27, 1988.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ., and ROBERT C. SCOTT, Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant, Bassue, announced prior to trial that he wished to represent himself. Defendant then waived his right to a jury trial. The waiver, however, was made without an informed consent to a bench trial. No inquiry was made of defendant's waiver of his right to a jury trial, and the waiver was not an intelligent waiver.
Additionally, it appears that defendant was precluded from offering evidence on his own behalf.
Accordingly, the conviction and sentence are reversed and the case remanded for a new trial.