Opinion
No. 93-2933.
August 26, 1994.
An appeal from the Liberty County Circuit Court; Kathleen Dekker, Judge.
Cheryl L. Gentry, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Marilyn McFadden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
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, 559 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.