State v. White

*1184Following a bench trial, Thomas Casey White was convicted as charged for the attempted second degree murder of Charles Ashlock. White was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor, the first 10 years to be served without benefits. White now appeals.

The absence in the record evidencing a valid waiver of White's right to trial by jury requires that we vacate White's conviction and sentence.

FACTS

Mid-afternoon on February 25, 2013, while riding in the passenger seat of a pickup truck driven by Charles Ashlock on Naff Avenue near Highway 165 South in Bastrop, Louisiana, Casey White, age 42, suddenly…