Case Name: Fransisco E. MIRANDA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-09-09
Citations: 909 So. 2d 997
Docket Number: No. 5D04-4074
Parties: Fransisco E. MIRANDA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PLEUS, C.J., and GRIFFIN J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 909
Pages: 997–998

Head Matter:
Fransisco E. MIRANDA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D04-4074.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sept. 9, 2005.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lamya A. Henry, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, J.
Fransisco E. Miranda appeals the trial court's order revoking his probation. He contends that the affidavit alleging the vio lation of probation was fundamentally defective because it was not sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths, nor was it verified as set forth in section 92.525(l)(b), Florida Statutes (2005). In Smartmays v. State, 901 So.2d 278 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005), this Court decided this same issue adversely to Miranda's position. Smartmays, while recognizing that the affidavit alleging a violation of probation failed to be properly sworn to, concluded that such non-compliance, while error, was not the type of defect that is considered fundamental, particularly in a revocation of probation context. Consequently, because the issue was not raised in the trial court, it was waived.
AFFIRMED.
PLEUS, C.J., and GRIFFIN J., concur.