Case Name: Gloria TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-04-20
Citations: 436 So. 2d 124
Docket Number: No. 81-394
Parties: Gloria TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, BASKIN and JOR-GENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 436
Pages: 124–131

Head Matter:
Gloria TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81-394.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 20, 1982.
On Rehearing En Banc Aug. 2, 1983.
Sweetapple & Kamilar and Robert A. Sweetapple, Miami, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HENDRY, BASKIN and JOR-GENSON, JJ.
FERGUSON, J., did not participate in the decision of the court.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
Due process violations require reversal of Gloria Taylor's probation revocation. The affidavit alleged that she violated her probation by committing an armed robbery of Michele Peletier. At the beginning of the probation violation hearing, the court permitted the state to change the name of the victim to "Darlene Mack and/or Denise Sor-tini."
Defense counsel argues that, after the trial court refused to preclude defendant's new counsel from taking Darlene Macks's deposition, the state failed to furnish her correct address. The state's conduct, he asserts, undermined his preparation because he relied upon the state's allegation that Michele Peletier was the victim of the offense charged. Michele Peletier had failed to appear when noticed for deposition, and the surprise amendment of the affidavit prejudiced the defense. We agree that the trial court erred in refusing to allow defense counsel an opportunity to prepare for the substantive change in the charging document and that the denial deprived defendant Taylor of due process of law. Cuciak v. State, 410 So.2d 916 (Fla.1982); see Hines v. State, 358 So.2d 183 (Fla.1978).
In addition, we note that the order revoking probation states that defendant Taylor committed an armed robbery against Michele Peletier. Since Michele Peletier neither appeared nor testified at the hearing and no evidence of any crime against Pele-tier was presented, the trial court's order revoking probation is reversed on that ground as well.
Reversed and remanded.