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Lesperance v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 29, 1998
708 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

Opinion

No. 96-2591.

Opinion filed April 29, 1998. JANUARY TERM, 1998.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Steven P. Shea, Judge; L.T. No. 96-155.

Robert Lesperance, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Paulette R. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.


A review of the record shows that the evidence adduced at the hearing was sufficient to support the trial court's finding of indirect criminal contempt. However, as the State properly concedes, because there is nothing in the record suggesting any relationship between the appellant's behavior which gave rise to the charge of indirect criminal contempt and the use of alcohol or drugs, the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the following conditions of probation: abstinence from the use of alcohol, submission to weekly urinalysis, and evaluation for substance abuse. See Biller v. State, 618 So.2d 734 (Fla. 1993).

Therefore, we affirm the conviction of indirect criminal contempt, but strike the above referenced conditions.


Summaries of

Lesperance v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 29, 1998
708 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)
Case details for

Lesperance v. State

Case Details

Full title:ROBERT LESPERANCE, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Apr 29, 1998

Citations

708 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)