Case Name: Preston SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-08-31
Citations: 68 So. 3d 968
Docket Number: No. 1D11-459
Parties: Preston SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HAWKES, J., Concurs; and SWANSON, J., Concurs with Opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 68
Pages: 968–970

Head Matter:
Preston SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D11-459.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 31, 2011.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Ralph F. Guerra and Edward C. Hill Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
CLARK, J.
The appellant challenges the revocation of his probation upon the trial court's finding that the appellant's brief delay in reporting to the jail to begin serving a term of incarceration violated a condition of his probation. Because the slight delay in appearing at the jail on the day he was to begin serving that term of incarceration was not shown to be a willful and substantial violation, the appellant's probation should not have been revoked. See e.g. Garcia v. State, 670 So.2d 1104 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). The revocation of the appellant's probation is therefore reversed, and the sentence imposed upon that revocation is vacated. The case is remanded, with the appellant to be released from that prison sentence.
HAWKES, J., Concurs; and SWANSON, J., Concurs with Opinion.