Case Name: Ruby SANSOM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-08-26
Citations: 641 So. 2d 201
Docket Number: No. 93-2933
Parties: Ruby SANSOM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD, MINER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 641
Pages: 201–202

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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 linquished 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.