VINCENT LEONARDO QUARTA v. STATE OF FLORIDA (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

VINCENT LEONARDO QUARTA, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-0019

Decided: June 25, 2025

Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, and Austin C. Edwards, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah Koenig, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Appellant appeals the revocation of his probation and imposition of sentence based upon his violating a domestic violence injunction. The State concedes error, because the State's case consisted entirely of hearsay evidence. Probation may not be revoked based solely on hearsay. See J.T.J. v. State, 353 So. 3d 1175, 1180 (Fla. 4th DCA 2022); Zelaya v. State, 87 So. 3d 1257, 1259 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012); Wilcox v. State, 770 So. 2d 733, 736 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). As the State failed to prove its case, we reverse with directions to reinstate probation or discharge appellant if the trial court determines he has completed his probation. See Parker v. State, 980 So. 2d 1223, 1225 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008).

Reversed.

Per Curiam.

Warner, Gerber and Forst, JJ., concur.

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