Case Name: Scott BRENATELLI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-01-25
Citations: 555 So. 2d 1315
Docket Number: No. 88-2326
Parties: Scott BRENATELLI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DANIEL, C.J., and GOSHORN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 555
Pages: 1315–1316

Head Matter:
Scott BRENATELLI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-2326.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Jan. 25, 1990.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancye R. Crouch, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Laura Griffin and James N. Charles, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
HARRIS, Judge.
Appellant, Scott Brenatelli, appeals from an order of the trial judge amending his conditions of probation by limiting his contact with his former wife to "in court or through pleadings filed in court actions". Appellant claims that since he and his wife were married and co-defendants in the action which led to his prison term followed by the probation order now under review, the court did not originally impose any restraint on his contact with his wife. The court now lacks authority, he argues, to add a new condition to his probation when there has been no violation. We agree and reverse.
Although Section 948.03(7), Florida Statutes (1987) permits the trial court to add additional conditions to those enumerated in the statute at the time of the original sentence, it may only subsequently modify those conditions "theretofore imposed". Since the trial court elected not to impose any limitation on the contact between appellant and his wife at the time of the original sentence, it now lacks authority to do so. See Carmo v. State, 378 So.2d 850 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
DANIEL, C.J., and GOSHORN, J., concur.