Case Name: Kenneth BAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-02-16
Citations: 426 So. 2d 1283
Docket Number: No. 81-2324
Parties: Kenneth BAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LETTS, C.J., and BERANEK and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 426
Pages: 1283–1283

Head Matter:
Kenneth BAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81-2324.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 16, 1983.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Gary Caldwell, Asst. Public Defender, and Barbara White, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was charged with three violations of probation, two substantive, and one technical. The State concedes that the trial court erred with respect to the two substantive violations. We hold that the trial court also erred in finding appellant guilty of violating his probation based on the technical charge of nonpayment of the monthly probation fee. There was no showing of ability to pay and no finding of fact on the issue. See Smith v. State, 380 So.2d 1175 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980), and cases cited therein.
REVERSED.
LETTS, C.J., and BERANEK and DELL, JJ., concur.