Case Name: Ernest Charles MARKEL, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-10-08
Citations: 855 So. 2d 719
Docket Number: No. 4D02-3702
Parties: Ernest Charles MARKEL, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: POLEN, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 855
Pages: 719–719

Head Matter:
Ernest Charles MARKEL, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D02-3702.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 8, 2003.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court revoked appellant's probation because appellant violated his curfew and failed to successfully complete a sex offender treatment program. We find no error as to the curfew; however, appellant had not been given a deadline in which to complete the sex offender program. He had enrolled in, but not completed, three different programs in different locations to which he had moved.
Where an order of probation does not specify a date for completing a program, and the defendant has expressed a willingness to participate, it is an abuse of discretion to find a willful and substantial probation violation. O'Neal v. State, 801 So.2d 280 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). We therefore reverse the finding as to the program and remand in order for the trial court to determine whether probation should be revoked based solely on the curfew violation.
POLEN, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.