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405 So. 2d 786

Docket No. 80-1934.

Knapp v. State

William KNAPP, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 12, 1981.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1981-11-12

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1993

4 state decisions

Relies on 378 So. 2d 39 - Buckbee v. State · 377 So. 2d 250 - Smith v. State

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Decided 1981-11-12

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¶1Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Allen T. DeWeese, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

¶2Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

¶3OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., (Retired) Associate Judge.

¶4Appellant, having pled nolo contendere to a charge of possession of burglary tools, *787 was placed on probation for three years with adjudication withheld. Twenty-six (26) months later an affidavit of violation of probation was filed. At hearing appellant did not admit the violations and no evidence was taken in support of them. The court announced that it was going to "reinstate" appellant's probation, but would adjudicate him guilty of the offense of possession of burglary tools.

¶5We construe the trial court's act of adjudicating appellant guilty, coming some twenty-six months after the court had initially placed appellant on probation and withheld adjudication, as a modification of the original probation order. Probation orders are not subject to modification except for violation of conditions and then only upon notice and hearing. Buckbee v. State,378 So.2d 39 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Smith v. State,377 So.2d 250 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979).

¶6The judgment of the trial court dated October 10, 1980 is vacated.

¶7BERANEK and HERSEY, JJ., concur.

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