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Shea v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec 15, 2021
330 So. 3d 968 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)

Opinion

No. 4D20-1511

12-15-2021

Christopher M. SHEA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Virginia Murphy, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


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

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Kuntz, J. Christopher Shea appeals the circuit court's judgment revoking his probation. The court revoked Shea's probation after finding that he violated several conditions, including failure to pay court costs and the cost of supervision. We affirm the court's order revoking Shea's probation with one exception.

The court revoked Shea's probation based on multiple violations of his probation. One of the violations was Shea's failure to pay court costs and supervision costs. But the court failed to inquire whether Shea had the ability to pay those costs. Without such inquiry, we are compelled to reverse that portion of the order revoking Shea's probation for failure to pay assessed costs. See, e.g. , Herrera v. State , 286 So. 3d 867, 872 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019).

So, we affirm the court's order in part and reverse in part. On remand, the court must reenter the revocation order and strike the finding that Shea violated his probation by failing to pay the court costs and the supervision costs.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.

Conner, C.J., and Forst, J., concur.


Summaries of

Shea v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec 15, 2021
330 So. 3d 968 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)
Case details for

Shea v. State

Case Details

Full title:Christopher M. SHEA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Date published: Dec 15, 2021

Citations

330 So. 3d 968 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)