Case Name: Edward MURPHY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-12-14
Citations: 442 So. 2d 1047
Docket Number: No. 83-991
Parties: Edward MURPHY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN and WALDEN, JJ., and DAUKSCH, JAMES C., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 442
Pages: 1047–1048

Head Matter:
Edward MURPHY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 83-991.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 14, 1983.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Allen J. DeWeese, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James P. McLane, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was placed on probation for two years for uttering a forged instrument and grand theft by fraud. Conditions of his probation included participation in a Probation and Restitution Center for a maximum of four months, compliance with its rules, and payment of $158.00 as restitution. Revocation of probation was sought for nonpayment of restitution, costs of supervision or subsistence payments, as well as one untruthful signout. Appellant correctly notes that revocation for financial violations requires some showing that the probationer had' the ability to make the payments. Baran v. State, 381 So.2d 323 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Freiberger v. State, 343 So.2d 57 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977). The only fact adduced at the hearing was that the appellant had failed to make payments. There was no demonstration of his ability to do so. Revocation based on the grounds of nonpayment was inappropriate. The only proof of the untruthful signout was equally inadequate. The subject revocation would result in this individual's incarceration for two years; a burden to the taxpayers requiring justification by more than the present record. Accordingly, we reverse.
GLICKSTEIN and WALDEN, JJ., and DAUKSCH, JAMES C., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.