HELENA RENA BILLINGSLY
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-08-14
No. 2025-1204
Militello, J., Makar, J., Edwards, J., Harris, J.
2026 FL 10445 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

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Holding

A trial court's revocation of probation based on a defendant's admission to violations is valid, but the written order must specifically identify the conditions of probation that were violated.


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[1] A written order revoking probation must specifically identify the conditions of probation that the defendant violated.

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Billingsly's probation was revoked after she admitted to several charged violations. The trial court accepted her admission, revoked probation, impose…

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Opinion of the Court

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2025-1204 LT Case No. 2023-MM-001479-A

HELENA RENA BILLINGSLY, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

On appeal from the County Court for Sumter County. Paul L. Militello, Judge.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Evan Altes, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Zachery L. Wiseman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

August 14, 2026

PER CURIAM.

Appellant's probation was revoked based upon her admitting to several charged violations. The trial court accepted her admission, revoked her probation, imposed a legal sentence, and ordered her to pay certain outstanding fines and court costs. There

was no error in any aspect of that; therefore, we affirm. 1 However, the written order revoking probation failed to identify the conditions of probation that she admitted to violating and failed to identify the conditions of probation that Appellant was found to have violated. Accordingly, we remand to the lower tribunal for entry of an amended written order of revocation which sets forth the conditions of probation that Appellant violated. See Hurta v. State, 403 So. 3d 1092 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025) (citing Bride v. State, 391 So. 3d 515 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024)).

AFFIRMED; REMANDED.

MAKAR, EDWARDS, and HARRIS, JJ., concur.


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