JEFFREY R. SMITH
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2019-12-06
No. 19-1521
Lemonidis, J., Evander, C.J., Cohen, J., Wallis, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2019)

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Holding

A trial court must enter written findings specifying the probation conditions violated and documenting any danger-to-community finding when revoking probation, as required by section 948.06(8)(e), Florida Statutes.


Headnotes

[1] Section 948.06(8)(e), Florida Statutes, requires a trial court to enter written findings specifying the probation conditions violated and documenting any danger-to-commun…

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“the written findings requirement of section 948.06(8)(e) is mandatory, not discretionary”

Court citing Barber v. State regarding the mandatory nature of written findings in probation revocation proceedings

Facts & Procedural History

Jeffrey R. Smith appealed a judgment and sentence entered after a violation of probation hearing. The trial court found Smith violated probation and w…

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Opinion of the Court
Remanded With Instructions. Evander

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JEFFREY R. SMITH,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D19-1521

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. ________________________________/

Opinion filed December 6, 2019

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Robin C. Lemonidis, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Teresa

D.

Sutton, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

In this Anders1 appeal, Jeffery R. Smith appeals the judgment and sentence entered after a violation of probation hearing. We affirm; however, we remand for the lower court to enter a written order specifying the condition or conditions of probation that Smith was found to have violated and to enter a written order conforming to the lower

AFFIRMED; REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.

EVANDER, C.J., COHEN and WALLIS, JJ., concur.

Footnotes
1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
2 court's oral finding that Smith was a danger to the community, as required by section 948.06(8)(e), Florida Statutes (2019). See White v. State, 272 So. 3d 857, 857 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) (remanding for entry of written order revoking appellant’s probation specifying conditions of probation that lower court found appellant violated); Barber v. State, 207 So. 3d 379, 384 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016) (“[T]he written findings requirement of section 948.06(8)(e) is mandatory, not discretionary.”).

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