Opinion
2014-UP-370
11-05-2014
The State, Respondent, v. Joseph Charles Tice, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2013-001161
Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Appellant. Matthew Buchanan and J. Benjamin Aplin, both of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Heard August 1, 2014
Appeal From Lexington County R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Matthew Buchanan and J. Benjamin Aplin, both of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM:
Reversed and remanded pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Coker, 397 S.C. 244, 245, 723 S.E.2d 619, 620 (Ct. App. 2012) ("[A] court may not revoke probation solely on the basis of the failure to pay money unless the court makes certain findings of fact regarding the willfulness of the failure to pay." (citing Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660, 672 (1983))); Coker, 397 S.C. at 245-46, 723 S.E.2d at 620 (noting when revoking probation based solely on the basis of a failure to pay money, the circuit court must make the following findings on the record: (1) the State presented sufficient evidence indicating the probationer violated the terms of his probation; (2) the probationer willfully failed to pay in that he either had the funds to make payment and chose not to or lacked the funds to make payment and did not make a bona fide effort to acquire the funds; and (3) "alternate measures are not adequate to meet the State's interests in punishment and deterrence"); id. (reversing when the circuit court failed to make the required findings while revoking probation solely on the basis of a failure to pay money).
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
FEW, C.J., and THOMAS and LOCKEMY, JJ, concur