Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert Lee TAVEL, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-12-08
Citations: 407 So. 2d 953
Docket Number: No. 81-428
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert Lee TAVEL, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 407
Pages: 953–954

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Robert Lee TAVEL, Appellee.
No. 81-428.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 8, 1981.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 11, 1982.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joel D. Rosen-blatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Karen M. Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Judge.
The defendant was given a pre-Villery sentence of three years in the state prison to be followed by two years probation. He was released after serving only two years and two months of the three year term. In the order now under review, the trial court rejected the state's position that the defendant was "on parole" for the remaining ten months and began the probationary term only at the conclusion of the full three years. Instead, it held that the two years of probation commenced upon Tavel's release and accordingly dismissed as untimely an application to revoke his probation which was commenced more than two years later, although within five years of the original sentence. See Carpenter v. State, 355 So.2d 492 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). We agree with that conclusion and affirm. See Section 947.24, Florida Statutes (1977); Villery v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 396 So.2d 1107, 1111 (Fla.1981); but cf. Lewis v. State, 402 So.2d 482 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981).
Affirmed.
. Villery v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 396 So.2d 1107 (Fla.1981).