KELVIN O. REYES, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 2d DCA | 2009-03-25
No. 2D08-1333
WHATLEY and VILLANTI, JJ., Concur.
9 So. 3d 649 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2009) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that a trial court must enter a written order revoking community control, specifying the violated conditions.


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A defendant's community control was revoked after an evidentiary hearing where violations were found, but the trial court failed to enter a written or…

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Opinion of the Court
CASE, JAMES R., Associate Senior Judge.

CASE, JAMES R., Associate Senior Judge.

Kelvin Reyes seeks review of a revocation of community control and the sentence imposed thereon. Because the trial court failed to enter a written order revoking community control, we reverse and remand.

An affidavit of violation of community control was filed against Reyes alleging failure to pay costs of supervision and failure to live and remain at liberty without violating any law. The alleged new law violations were possession of cannabis with intent to sell within 1000 feet of a school, possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession and/or use of drug paraphernalia.

After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court determined simply that “there has been a violation of probation” but entered no written order. Reyes filed a motion to correct sentencing error due to the lack of a written order of revocation of community control, Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(b)(2), but the court failed to rule on that motion within sixty days. Thus, the motion is deemed denied. Johnson v. State, 921 So.2d 715, 717 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

It is well settled that “the trial court is required to enter a formal order of violation of probation that lists the specific conditions the court determined [the defendant] violated.” Cato v. State, 845 So.2d 250, 251 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). Reyes argues, and the State rightfully concedes, that the trial court erred by failing to enter a written order of revocation of community control. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to enter a formal order identifying the specific conditions Reyes was found to have violated.

Reversed and remanded with directions.

WHATLEY and VILLANTI, JJ., Concur.


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  • Underwood v. State, 98 So. 3d 745 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012)
    …hat the trial court erred by failing to enter a written revocation of probation order that specifies the specific conditions of supervision that Mr. Underwood violated. See Wynperle v. State, 21 So. 3d 172, 172-73 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009); Reyes v. State, 9 So. 3d 649, 650 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009); Cato v. State, 845 So. 2d 250, 251 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). We are compelled to remand with directions to the trial court to enter a formal probation revocation order that complies with the law. Affirmed and remanded with direc…

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