Defrank v. State

Full title: Eric DEFRANK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 20, 2004

886 So. 2d 253 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

No. 4D03-4510.

October 20, 2004.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Cynthia Imperato, Judge; L.T. Case No. 00-3869 CF10A.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We remand this appeal of a revocation of probation for a written order setting forth the reasons for revoking probation. Black v. Romano, 471 U.S. 606, 612, 105 S.Ct. 2254, 85 L.Ed.2d 636 (1985) (due process requires "a written statement by the factfinder as to the evidence relied on and the reasons for revoking probation."); Watts v. State, 688 So.2d 1018 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

FARMER, C.J., KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.