Harold B. Cartwright appeals the order revoking his probation and the sentence imposed pursuant to that order. We affirm the revocation order but reverse the sentence imposed and remand for resen-tencing.
On appeal, Cartwright first urges that the court erred by requiring him to proceed without counsel at his violation of probation hearing. At the hearing on Cartwright’s violation of probation, Cartwright stated that it was his understanding that private counsel was “talked to yesterday and that he [the attorney] was supposed to
We recognize that in the absence of an informed waiver, a defendant subject to a probation revocation has a right to counsel at the hearing. State v. Hicks,
The State contends that defendant’s right to obtain private counsel is not a license to delay proceedings and waste the trial court’s time. We agree. Both the State and the defendant are entitled to orderly and timely proceedings. See Jones v. State,
As proof of the violation of probation, the State offered in evidence a certified copy of Cartwright’s conviction for armed robbery in Marion County. Cartwright presented no evidence. The State concedes that no evidence was offered to prove that Cartwright was in Marion County without the consent of his probation officer. Consequently, the order of revocation of probation is corrected to delete the reference to an alleged violation of condition 3, which required that the defendant not leave his county of residence without the permission of his probation officer. See Bogan v. State,
At the conclusion of the hearing Cartwright’s probation was revoked and he was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 20 years. The State also concedes this is error because the statutory maximum sentence for the two second degree felonies for which the defendant was being sentenced is 15 years. Where the guidelines sentence “exceeds the maximum sentence provided by statute for that offense, the statutory maximum sentence should be imposed.” Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(10); Stamper v. State,
Order of Revocation AFFIRMED as corrected; Sentence REVERSED; and REMANDED.
