MICHAEL PARKS
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2023-09-20
No. 2023-1449
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2023)

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Holding

An acquittal in a criminal case does not preclude a judge from determining that a parole or probation violation has occurred based on the same conduct.


Headnotes

[1] An acquittal in a criminal prosecution does not preclude a finding of parole or probation violation based on the same conduct, as the standards of proof in parole violati…

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Key Quotes

“An acquittal in a criminal case does not preclude the judge from determining that a parole or probation violation has occurred based on the same conduct.”

Morris v. State, cited by the court for the governing legal principle

Facts & Procedural History

Michael Parks appealed a circuit court's determination of a parole or probation violation. The violation was allegedly based on conduct that had resul…

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Opinion of the Court

Opinion filed September 20, 2023. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-1449 Lower Tribunal No. F10-6731

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Michael Parks,

Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida,

Appellee.

An appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Miguel M. de la O, Judge. Michael Parks, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee. Before EMAS, MILLER, and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Morris v. State, 727 So. 2d 975, 977 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) (“An acquittal in a criminal case does not preclude the judge from determining that a parole or probation violation has occurred based on the same conduct.”); Eustache v. State, 248 So. 3d 1097, 1100 (Fla. 2018) (“Florida courts have consistently treated conduct involving a new criminal offense, such as [appellant’s] illegal drug possession, as a substantive violation.”); Flagg v. State, 179 So. 3d 394, 397 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (“Where there has been a substantive violation, such as a new law offense, a previously designated youthful offender may be sentenced above the sixyear cap up to the statutory maximum for the underlying offenses.”); see also § 810.02(2), Fla. Stat. (2010).


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