OCIE DEMITRIUS DAVIS, JR.
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Ocie Demitrius Davis, Jr. appealed sentences imposed following revocation of his probation in six cases. The State conceded that the circuit court erred in finding Davis willfully violated probation by changing his residence without consent when he was forced to leave his approved residence shortly after release from jail. The appellate court accepted the State's concession and reversed the probation revocation.
The court held that Davis did not willfully violate his probation by changing residence without permission when he was forced to leave his approved residence with little notice and through no fault of his own. The court reversed the order revoking Davis's probation and remanded for the circuit court to vacate his sentences and reinstate his probation.
[1] A probationer forced to leave an approved residence with little notice and through no fault of his own does not willfully violate probation by changing residence without…
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NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Ocie Demitrius Davis, Jr., appeals from sentences imposed in six cases following the revocation of his probation. The State concedes that the circuit court erred in finding that Davis willfully violated probation by changing his residence without first obtaining the consent of his probation officer when, shortly after his release from jail, he learned that he would not be permitted to live at his approved residence and was forced into temporary homelessness.1 We accept the State's concession of error. See Bravo v. State, 268 So. 3d 193, 196 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018) (holding that when a probationer is forced to leave his or her approved residence with little notice and through no fault of his or her own, the failure to obtain permission before moving does not constitute a willful violation of probation); Soto v. State, 727 So. 2d 1044, 1046 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999) (holding that a probationer's leaving his approved residence without permission did not constitute a willful violation of probation when he learned upon his arrival that staying at his approved residence would violate his probation). Accordingly, we reverse the order revoking Davis's probation and remand for the circuit court to vacate his sentences and reinstate his probation.
Reversed and remanded.
LUCAS and BADALAMENTI , JJ., Concur. 1The State also concedes that the circuit court erred in concluding that Davis presented a danger to the community under section 948.06, Florida Statutes (2017), because the court considered impermissible factors in making its danger determination. Having accepted the State's concession that the circuit court erred when finding that Davis willfully violated his probation, we need not reach this issue.
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