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Rodriguez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Nov 13, 1981
405 So. 2d 794 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 80-2158.

November 13, 1981.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Hillsborough County, Harry Lee Coe, III, J.

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, Bartow, and Samuel R. Mandelbaum, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Deborah A. Osmond, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


We affirm appellant's probation revocation and sentence of fifteen years in prison.

There was competent, substantial evidence to support the trial court's findings that appellant had violated his probation by (1) failing to file monthly reports with his probation supervisor and (2) committing a burglary. It is clear that appellant's probation could and would have been revoked on the basis of these violations alone.

However, since appellant had been adjudged insolvent and there was no evidence concerning his ability to pay the costs of his supervision, it was improper for the trial court to find that he had violated his probation by failing to pay those costs, and that finding must be stricken. Coxon v. State, 365 So.2d 1067 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979).

Accordingly, the revocation of appellant's probation is affirmed, but the cause is remanded with directions to strike from the revocation order the finding that appellant violated condition (11) of his probation.

BOARDMAN, A.C.J., and GRIMES and OTT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Rodriguez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Nov 13, 1981
405 So. 2d 794 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

Rodriguez v. State

Case Details

Full title:LUIS RODRIGUEZ, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Nov 13, 1981

Citations

405 So. 2d 794 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

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