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Tracy v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 15, 1996
673 So. 2d 544 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Summary

reversing revocation of appellant's community control for failure to pay costs and fees where order placing him on community control failed to specify time limit or schedule for payment

Summary of this case from Shepard v. State

Opinion

No. 95-0386.

May 15, 1996.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Martin County, Dwight L. Geiger, J.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Karen E. Ehrlich, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Elliot B. Kula, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We reverse the revocation of appellant's community control. First, the order which he allegedly violated required him to pay costs at a rate per month to be determined "through the Department of Corrections." The amount of restitution cannot be delegated by the court to a probation officer. See e.g., Goodling v. State, 482 So.2d 594 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986). That principle has been applied to costs and fees. Moore v. State, 623 So.2d 795 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). Second, because the order placing him on community control did not specify either a payment schedule or a time limit for paying costs and fees, or a time limit for completing community service, appellant had the entire time of his probation in which to do so. See Young v. State, 566 So.2d 69 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). This revocation, which occurred before the term was up, was thus improper.

In addition, the state concedes error in that the written order which found seven grounds for revocation does not conform to the oral pronouncement which found only three. We find no error in the other grounds for revocation, but remand for reconsideration in light of our conclusion that one of the grounds was improper. See Durden v. State, 577 So.2d 640 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).

KLEIN, PARIENTE and GROSS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Tracy v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 15, 1996
673 So. 2d 544 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

reversing revocation of appellant's community control for failure to pay costs and fees where order placing him on community control failed to specify time limit or schedule for payment

Summary of this case from Shepard v. State

In Tracy v. State, 673 So.2d 544, 544-45 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), the rule was applied to circumstances identical to those present here.

Summary of this case from Shipman v. State
Case details for

Tracy v. State

Case Details

Full title:PATRICK TRACY, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: May 15, 1996

Citations

673 So. 2d 544 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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