Case Name: Glendon GOELZ, Petitioner, v. Rick BRADSHAW, Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-07-27
Citations: 906 So. 2d 1234
Docket Number: No. 4D05-2527
Parties: Glendon GOELZ, Petitioner, v. Rick BRADSHAW, Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Respondent.
Judges: STEVENSON, C.J., and GROSS, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 906
Pages: 1234–1236

Head Matter:
Glendon GOELZ, Petitioner, v. Rick BRADSHAW, Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Respondent.
No. 4D05-2527.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 27, 2005.
Jack A. Fleischman of Fleischman & Fleischman, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus and quash the order revoking petitioner's bond.
Bond and pretrial release conditions were originally set by the first appearance judge. The first appearance judge reviewed the probable cause affidavit, which quoted significant portions of a letter petitioner sent to the victim in this case. The probable cause affidavit also reflected that a detective had the letter tested and the test results confirmed that stains on the letter were blood.
At a subsequent hearing before a different judge, the State moved for pretrial detention. As grounds to revoke petitioner's bond, the State introduced a complete copy of the defendant's letter to the victim and argued that the complete letter was not presented to the first appearance judge. Without comparing the probable cause affidavit and the letter, the court granted the State's motion and revoked petitioner's bond. The court found the letter was new information, which supported pretrial detention.
The State does not dispute that a revocation of bond requires a change in circumstances or information that was not disclosed to the court when the bond was originally set. Nevadomski v. Jenne, 756 So.2d 117 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); Santos v. Garrison, 691 So.2d 1172 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Keane v. Cochran, 614 So.2d 1186 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). The State has the burden of proving that there is a change in circumstances or new information that warrants the increase or revocation of bond. Lee v. Bieluch, 855 So.2d 713 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
The record does not support the trial court's conclusion that the letter was new information. Significant portions of the letter were quoted in the probable cause affidavit, which was reviewed by the first appearance judge before he set the bond. Accordingly, the order revoking bond is quashed and the case is remanded for the trial court to determine whether there are any portions of the letter that were not before the first appearance judge that would justify the revocation of petitioner's bond.
STEVENSON, C.J., and GROSS, J., concur.
FARMER, J., dissents with opinion.