Atterbury v. State

Full title: JERMAINE ATTERBURY, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Sep 22, 1999

740 So. 2d 600 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-4327.

Opinion filed September 22, 1999.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; John Phillips, Judge; L.T. Case No. 96-10178 CF A02.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Elaine L. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order revoking probation and remand for further proceedings. A defendant's probation cannot be revoked solely on the basis of hearsay evidence. See Combs v. State, 351 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977).

WARNER, C.J., STONE and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.