When Anthony Green was charged with five new criminal offenses, the trial court, following a hearing, revoked his probation and sentenced him to 180 months in prison. We affirm the revocation, but remand for the entry of an order of revocation that lists only the three charges proven by the State.
In 1999, Green pleaded no contest to robbery with a firearm, and the trial court sentenced him to fifteen years of probation. On June 5, 2008, an affidavit of violation of probation was filed, alleging that Green had violated his probation by resisting an officer with violence, tampering with evidence, battering a law enforcement officer, possessing cocaine, and possessing narcotics equipment. These charges arose from an incident on June 2, 2008, when a road patrol officer in Boyn-ton Beach noticed a silver Saturn run a red light at 1:30 a.m. The officer attempted to make a traffic stop; however, instead of stopping, the Saturn slowed down to approximately five miles per hour and turned left onto another road. Finally, the Saturn stopped, and Green emerged. The officer initiated a felony stop, and Green apologized for not stopping sooner, explaining he had not seen the patrol car. When asked to place his hands on his head, Green fled. When the officer caught him, he observed Green fiddling with something in the bushes. Two additional officers arrived to provide assistance, and Green struggled with them and hit one in
After a revocation hearing, the trial court determined the State had satisfied the court’s conscience by a greater weight of the evidence that Green willfully and substantially violated his probation.
See Jenkins v. State,
96B So.2d 311, 313 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (“ ‘[A] violation which triggers a revocation of probation must be both willful and substantial, and the willful and substantial nature of the violation must be supported by the greater weight of the evidence.’ ” (quoting
Steiner v. State,
On appeal, Green contends the State failed to prove the allegations of tampering with evidence and possession of narcotics equipment. On this first point we agree, and the State does not argue otherwise in its answer brief. Green further avers that the remaining findings that he possessed cocaine, battered a law enforcement officer, and resisted an officer with violence, standing alone, would be insufficient to constitute a willful, substantial, and material violation warranting probation revocation and a maximum sentence. On Green’s second point, we cannot agree.
In
Jackson v. State,
We note, however, that the record in the instant case is devoid of an order revoking probation.
Dawkins v. State,
Revocation affirmed, remanded for entry of revocation order consistent with this opinion.
