Case Name: Devoris ALLEN, Travis Edwards and Jeffery Leon Browning, Jr., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-10-11
Citations: 938 So. 2d 653
Docket Number: No. 4D06-1035
Parties: Devoris ALLEN, Travis Edwards and Jeffery Leon Browning, Jr., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 938
Pages: 653–653

Head Matter:
Devoris ALLEN, Travis Edwards and Jeffery Leon Browning, Jr., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D06-1035.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 11, 2006.
Ira D. Karmelin, West Palm Beach, for appellants.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Thomas A. Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
MAY, J.
The defendants appeal their convictions and sentences for attempted robbery. In their second issue, they argue that the absence of a valid waiver of jury trial requires a reversal. The State agrees that the record fails to contain "either a written or oral waiver of a jury trial" by any of the defendants. We therefore reverse and remand the case for a new trial. Cf Tucker v. State, 559 So.2d 218 (Fla.1990) (opining that best practice is to have record evidence of both an oral and written waiver of jury trial, but affirming when there was record evidence of only a knowing and intelligent oral waiver).
Reversed and Remanded.
WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.