LEROY HAMILTON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Leroy Hamilton appealed his sentencing on probation violation charges. The district court affirmed, holding that multiple assessments of community sanction violation points are permitted for successive probation violations and that statutorily-mandated costs may be imposed without notice at sentencing.
Multiple assessments of community sanction violation points are allowed for successive probation violations. Statutorily-mandated costs may be imposed without notice and need not be specifically pronounced at the sentencing hearing.
“multiple assessments of community sanction violation points are allowed for successive probation violations”
Establishes that a trial court may assess violation points separately for each probation violation occurrence
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2024-1254 Lower Tribunal No. 2022-CF-005449
LEROY HAMILTON, Appellant,
V.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Wm. Bruce Smith, Judge.
February 26, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Brown v. State, 741 So. 2d 1242, 1245 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999) (explaining that multiple assessments of community sanction violation points are allowed for successive probation violations); Nix v. State, 84 So. 3d 424, 426 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (“Statutorily-mandated costs may be imposed without notice and, thus, need not be specifically pronounced at the sentencing hearing."). NARDELLA, WHITE and SMITH, JJ., concur. Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Jeri Delgado, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sonia C. Lawson, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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