Case Name: Freddie L. MALAVE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-02-10
Citations: 727 So. 2d 1002
Docket Number: No. 99-0377
Parties: Freddie L. MALAVE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: FARMER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 727
Pages: 1002–1003

Head Matter:
Freddie L. MALAVE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 99-0377
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 10, 1999.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Jo Ann Baron, and Benjamin W. Maserang, As sistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The petition for writ of habeas corpus is granted. At the January 29, 1999 hearing which the trial court set to allow petitioner to explain his failure to appear in court, petitioner testified that the person with whom he had arranged to give him a ride to court had taken a detour which caused petitioner to be late. The January 29 hearing did not resolve the question of whether petitioner's failure to appear was willful or merely negligent and the trial court did not make any finding that the failure to appear was willful. See Wilson v. State, 669 So.2d 312 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). Petitioner's bond shall be reinstated and he shall be released forthwith.
FARMER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
GROSS, J., dissents with opinion.