Case Name: Michael A. MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2015-08-19
Citations: 174 So. 3d 497
Docket Number: No. 4D13-1146
Parties: Michael A. MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: CIKLIN, C.J., TAYLOR and CONNER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 174
Pages: 497–498

Head Matter:
Michael A. MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D13-1146.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 19, 2015.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, .for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nancy Jack, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Russell v. State, 982 So.2d 642, 646-47 (Fla.2008) (holding that a trial court may find that a violation of probation for an alleged battery may be proven by a preponderance of the evidence through a hearsay statement of the victim and non-hearsay testimony of the direct observation of the victim's injury and the attendant circumstances, and explaining: "whether non-hearsay evidence, including direct testimony of an observation of victim injury, is sufficient to support a hearsay allegation of battery is dependent upon the unique facts and circumstances of each case. Consequently, the trial court must assess the credibility of the particular wit nesses, the reliability of the available evidence, and the totality of the evidence under the circumstances of each individual case.")
CIKLIN, C.J., TAYLOR and CONNER, JJ., concur.