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Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 19, 1994
642 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 93-0993.

August 24, 1994. Rehearing Denied October 19, 1994.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, Charles M. Greene, J.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We reverse the order finding violations of defendant's probation. The finding that he failed to attend and complete a drug rehabilitation program was not shown to be willful, and indeed the only evidence shows that his nonattendance was for reasons beyond his control. Jacobsen v. State, 536 So.2d 373 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). The finding that he failed to pay costs of supervision is unsupported by evidence showing he had the ability to make payment but willfully refused to do so; in fact his probation officer all but told him not to worry about paying these costs for the time being. The written order fails to conform to the oral pronouncement which found him guilty only of counts II through IV, not counts I through IV as written.

In view of these holdings, we remand to the trial court to consider whether to grant revocation upon the single count still standing.

REVERSED.

GLICKSTEIN, J., and BROWN, LUCY, Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 19, 1994
642 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)
Case details for

Smith v. State

Case Details

Full title:ERNEST SMITH, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 19, 1994

Citations

642 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

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