Supreme Court of Florida
Lawson v. State of Florida, SC06-2423
A trial court has discretion to find a defendant in willful and substantial violation of probation for being discharged from a court-ordered drug treatment program for nonattendance even if the sentencing court fails to specify the number of chances the defendant would have to complete the program or impose a time period for compliance.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/25/2007
- Published 10/25/2007
Judges
- PARIENTE, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Kevin Richard Holtz, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Pamela Jane Koller and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.