Case Name: Eartha Lee GRIFFITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-03-14
Citations: 309 So. 2d 252
Docket Number: No. 73-1247
Parties: Eartha Lee GRIFFITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WALDEN and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 309
Pages: 252–253

Head Matter:
Eartha Lee GRIFFITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 73-1247.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 14, 1975.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Richard S. Power, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stephen R. Koons, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant was arrested and charged with violating the conditions of her probation, this event taking place on August 9, 1973. An order of revocation was entered on October 25, 1973, and she was thereafter duly sentenced. During the intervening period of seventy-eight days, while she was incarcerated, the defendant was not accorded a preliminary hearing as concerns the charge. This constitutes a denial of due process with the consequence being that appellant's probation must be reinstated. Oaks v. Wainwright, 305 So.2d 1 (Fla.1974); Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778, 93 S.Ct. 1756, 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973); Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 92 S. Ct. 2593, 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972).
Reversed and remanded for proceedings consistent herewith.
Reversed and remanded.
WALDEN and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.
OWEN, C. J., dissents with opinion.