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Jens Don JENSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 83-2180.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    July 5, 1984.
    Rehearing Denied July 25, 1984.
    Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Lawrence Duffy, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James P. McLane, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Reversed on authority of Hicks v. State, 452 So.2d 606 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).

DOWNEY and BERANEK, JJ., concur.

HURLEY, J., concurs specially with opinion.

HURLEY, Judge,

concurring specially.

In addition to the compelling policy considerations set forth in Hicks v. State, 452 So.2d 606 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984) [9 FLW 1238], it is important to note that in Florida imposition of sentence is withheld when a defendant is placed on probation. See § 948.01(3), Fla.Stat. (1983). Consequently, Florida’s method of processing probation revocations is factually indistinguishable from that described in Mempa v. Rhay, 389 U.S. 128, 88 S.Ct. 254, 19 L.Ed.2d 336 (1967), and, therefore, I believe that appointment of counsel is constitutionally mandated. See In re Wentworth, 17 Wash.App. 644, 564 P.2d 810 (1977).