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Date: 01-10-2019
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GREGORY STICKNEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Case Number: Nos. 4D17-1004 and 17-1005
Judge: Mark W. Klingensmith
Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT
Plaintiff's Attorney: Ashley Brooke Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Senior Assistant Attorney General
Defendant's Attorney: Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Jesse Woodson Isom, Assistant Public Defender
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On the first issue, both parties agree that the trial court was required to enter a written order with specific findings to establish that Appellant is a danger to the community. See § 948.06(8)(e)1., Fla. Stat.; Barber v.
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State, 207 So. 3d 379, 384 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). The point of contention is whether the trial court must hold a new hearing.
In Arnone v. State, 204 So. 3d 556 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), this court held:
[W]here a court orally pronounces a reason, consistent with one or more of the factors listed under section 948.06(8)(e)1, for its finding that the defendant, as a violent felony offender of special concern, poses a danger to the community, but fails to provide written reasons for its finding, the proper remedy is to affirm the revocation of the defendant’s probation, but remand for entry of a written order conforming to the court’s oral pronouncement. Martin v. State, 87 So. 3d 813, 813 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012); Bell v. State, 150 So. 3d 1214, 1214 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).
Id. at 557.
Here, the trial court orally pronounced reasons consistent with one or more factors under section 948.06(8)(e)1. Thus, while a written order conforming to the court’s oral pronouncement is required, a new sentencing hearing is unnecessary.
As to the second issue, Florida law also requires a written order specifying what probation conditions were violated. See Musto v. State, 174 So. 3d 568, 569-70 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). “When ‘the order of revocation fails to specify the specific violations found, it must be reversed for that reason alone.’” Wright v. State, 958 So. 2d 594, 595 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (quoting Larangera v. State, 686 So. 2d 697, 698 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)). But if the basis of the revocation can be verified from the hearing transcript and other court documents, the matter should be remanded for entry of an order listing the specific conditions violated. See Robinson v. State, 74 So. 3d 570, 572 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011). Here, it is clear from the record which conditions of probation were violated; the trial court merely failed to memorialize them in the revocation order.
Outcome: Therefore, we affirm Appellant’s designation as a VFOSC, but remand for the trial court to enter a proper written order conforming to his oral pronouncement without a new sentencing hearing. See § 948.06(8)(e)1., Fla. Stat.; Arnone, 204 So. 3d at 557. We also remand for entry of a written order of revocation of probation specifying the conditions appellant was found to have violated. See Musto, 174 So. 3d at 569-70; Robinson, 74 So. 3d at 572; Wright, 958 So. 2d at 595.
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