NICHOLAS STEVE MALAMATOS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 2d DCA | 2019-02-27
No. 18-1247
Davis, Diaz, Per Curiam, Shedd
264 So. 3d 1151 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2019)

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Holding

A probation revocation order may be affirmed based on proof of one willful and substantial violation even if another alleged violation lacks sufficient evidentiary support and must be stricken.


Headnotes

[1] A probation revocation order will be affirmed when the trial court finds a willful and substantial violation of at least one condition of probation.

[2] A probation revocation order must be remanded for correction when the trial court makes a finding of violation on a condition not supported by the evidence.

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“Bryant's failure to submit documentation of his community service hours cannot support a finding that he violated condition 27 of his probation, which requires only actual performance of the work itself.”

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Facts & Procedural History

Malamatos was on probation with multiple conditions. The trial court found he violated both condition 5 and condition 8 of his probation.…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Nicholas Malamatos appeals from the order revoking his probation. We affirm the order without comment based on the trial court's finding that Malamatos willfully and substantially violated condition 5 of his probation. However, we remand for the trial court to strike the finding that Malamatos violated condition 8 of his probation and to enter a corrected revocation order. See King v. State, 915 So. 2d 764, 765 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (concluding that the State failed to meet its burden of proving a willful and substantial violation of the community service hours condition of probation, affirming the revocation of probation, and remanding for the trial court to strike the finding that appellant violated the community service hours condition); see also Bryant v. State, 931 So. 2d 251, 253 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) ("Bryant's failure to submit documentation of his community service hours cannot support a finding that he violated condition 27 of his probation, which requires only actual performance of the work itself.").

Affirmed but remanded for entry of a corrected probation revocation order. KHOUZAM, BLACK, and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.


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