Legal Opinion
Tucker v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 29, 1990No. 74676PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
559 So.2d 218 (1990)
Ronald TUCKER, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 74676.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 29, 1990.
John Lipinski, Miami, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and James J. Carney, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.
McDONALD, Justice.
The district court in this case, Tucker v. State, 547 So.2d 270, 271 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), certified the following question to be of great public importance:
Can a defendant, represented by counsel, orally waive a jury trial, if a full explanation of the consequences is given by the trial judge?
We have…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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