Case Name: Tyrone Joseph REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-09-29
Citations: 884 So. 2d 436
Docket Number: No. 4D03-3755
Parties: Tyrone Joseph REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 884
Pages: 436–437

Head Matter:
Tyrone Joseph REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D03-3755.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 29, 2004.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 15, 2004.
Domenic Landolina of Schultz & Lando-lina, P.A., Stuart, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the revocation of appellant's probation for failing to submit monthly written reports by mail. The evidence was that he had faxed at least several months of reports. The probation officer explained that the mail-in requirement was necessary so that a probationer's address could be verified by a postmark. With a fax, the location of the sender can be verified by an area code. The conditions of probation did not expressly prohibit faxes. The probation officer had explained to appellant the procedure for mailing in reports. However, there was no evidence that he was told that faxes were prohibited. Based on the testimony at the hearing, under the circumstances of the case there was no willful violation of probation.
WARNER, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.