Case Name: Wayne NADEAU, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-02-15
Citations: 920 So. 2d 206
Docket Number: No. 4D05-1403
Parties: Wayne NADEAU, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, KLEIN and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 920
Pages: 206–206

Head Matter:
Wayne NADEAU, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D05-1403.
Feb. 15, 2006.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and John M. Conway, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the order of revocation of appellant's probation. The trial court found a violation of probation based upon testimony that appellant committed a battery. However, the evidence presented by the state was entirely hearsay. "Hearsay, though admissible in a probation revocation hearing, is insufficient standing alone to establish a violation of a condition of probation." Wilcox v. State, 770 So.2d 733, 736 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); see also Santiago v. State, 889 So.2d 200 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (observation of bruise on victim plus hearsay account of incident was insufficient to prove violation of probation based upon battery). We reverse and remand with instructions to reinstate appellant's probation.
WARNER, KLEIN and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.