State v. Gilchrist

Full title: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Bruce Lenard GILCHRIST, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Jul 20, 2007

961 So. 2d 1043 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 5D06-2967.

July 20, 2007.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County, Clayton D. Simmons, Judge.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Henry T. Swann, III, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See State v. Carter, 835 So.2d 259, 262 (Fla. 2002) (holding "[t]he trial court is in a better position to identify the probation violator's motive, intent, and attitude and assess whether the violation is both willful and substantial.").

PALMER, C.J., THOMPSON and MONACO, JJ., concur.