IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA
JAMES PEASE, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
v. CASE NO. 1D14-2390
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed May 1, 2015.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County.
Karen A. Gievers, Judge.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender,
Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Kathryn Lane, Assistant Attorney
General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
James Pease appeals an order revoking his probation, which was based on
the trial court’s oral pronouncement that he violated probation in part by having
contact with the victim or the victim’s family during the period of supervision.
Violation of this condition of probation was not charged in the State’s affidavit. It
is fundamental error and a deprivation of Appellant’s due process rights to base a
revocation of probation on an uncharged violation of a condition of that probation.
Smith v. State, 738 So. 2d 433, 435 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). Because it is not clear
whether the trial court would have revoked Appellant’s probation based solely on
the charged and proven violation relating to contact with a minor, we reverse the
order and remand for further proceedings. Richardson v. State, 694 So. 2d 147, 147
(Fla. 1st DCA 1997).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
WOLF, BENTON, and RAY, JJ., CONCUR.
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