Legal Opinion

Barnum v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 12, 1995No. 94-1148Published

1Opinion of the Court

WOLF, Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction and sentence following a nonjury trial. As the *1308record does not contain any evidence of a knowing waiver of the appellant’s constitutional right to a jury trial, we must reverse. The state concedes that a new trial must be granted. See Tucker v. State, 559 So.2d 218 (Fla.1990); Sansom v. State, 641 So.2d 201 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).

REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR A NEW TRIAL.

WEBSTER and LAWRENCE, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tucker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Sansom v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994