Case Name: Michael CYR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-12-08
Citations: 747 So. 2d 1005
Docket Number: No. 98-04998
Parties: Michael CYR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PATTERSON, C.J., and STRINGER, J., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 747
Pages: 1005–1006

Head Matter:
Michael CYR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-04998.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 8, 1999.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Raymond Dix, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
NORTHCUTT, Judge,
The circuit court revoked Michael Cyr's probation for failing to comply with the condition that he "shall continue sex offender counseling." Cyr had attended counseling sessions for five years, although the evidence showed his attendance was sporadic. The leader of the program, a mental health therapist, finally terminated him for a number of reasons. In finding a violation, the circuit court observed that Cyr "was to enter and successfully complete sex offender counseling, [and] that counseling, in fact, was not completed." But Cyr's probation condition did not direct him to complete counseling, nor did it require him to remain in a counseling program for a specified period. Probation may not be revoked based on a condition such as Cyr's when the probationer has actually attended some counseling sessions, but has either quit or been involuntarily terminated. See Larangera v. State, 686 So.2d 697 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Bell v. State, 643 So.2d 674 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). Accordingly, we reverse the revocation of probation.
Reversed.
PATTERSON, C.J., and STRINGER, J., Concur.