RONKEVIS WILLIAMS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2024-01-17
No. 2022-3329
2024 FL 595 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2024)

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Holding

When a trial court revokes a defendant's probation, it must render a written order noting the specific conditions of probation that were violated.


Headnotes

[1] When a trial court revokes probation, a written order specifying the particular conditions of probation violated must be entered, and an amended revocation order may be e…

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“If a trial court revokes a defendant's probation, the court is required to render a written order noting the specific conditions of probation that were violated.”

Court citing King v. State as the governing rule in probation revocation cases

Facts & Procedural History

Williams was on probation in three cases. The trial court revoked his probation but failed to enter a written order specifying which conditions he vio…

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Opinion of the Court

Consolidated appeals from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Martin S. Fein, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 15-014714CF10A, 16-009881CF10A, and 16-011799CF10A.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Virginia Jane Murphy, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Anesha Worthy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach for appellee. PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the order revoking his probation in three cases, arguing the trial court erred in failing to enter a written order specifying the conditions of probation he violated. See King v. State, 46 So. 3d 1171, 1172 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) (“If a trial court revokes a defendant’s probation, the court is required to render a written order noting the specific conditions of probation that were violated.”). The state agrees reversal and remand is warranted. See Wright v. State, 958 So. 2d 594, 595 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007); Larangera v. State, 686 So. 2d 697, 698 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to enter an amended revocation order listing the specific conditions of probation violated. Appellant’s presence is not required for entry of this amended revocation order. Smith v. State, 186 So. 3d 596, 597 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

Reversed and remanded with instructions. KLINGENSMITH, GROSS and LEVINE, JJ., concur.

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* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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