Case Name: Dwight Dale CARMICHAEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-01-17
Citations: 834 So. 2d 421
Docket Number: No. 2D01-5604
Parties: Dwight Dale CARMICHAEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SALCINES and STRINGER, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 834
Pages: 421–421

Head Matter:
Dwight Dale CARMICHAEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D01-5604.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Jan. 17, 2003.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Andrea Norgard, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
DAVIS, Judge.
Dwight Dale Carmichael challenges the revocation of his probation, arguing that no affidavit of violation appears in the record. We reverse.
An order revoking probation should be vacated if no formal charge of violation of probation has been filed, and this issue may be raised for the first time on appeal. Johnston v. State, 684 So.2d 262 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).
Here, no affidavit of probation appears in the record, and the Highlands County clerk of circuit court has filed a "certificate of non-existence," stating that "a diligent search has been made for the Affidavit of Violation of Probation, and said document does not exist or cannot be located."
Although Carmichael's probation officer testified that she had "submitted" an affidavit of violation, this does not prove that the affidavit was formally filed. Accordingly, we reverse the revocation order.
Reversed.
SALCINES and STRINGER, JJ., Concur.