SMITH v. STATE

No. 96-0267.

690 So.2d 733 (1997)

Brian SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Kulik of Kevin J. Kulik, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia Ann Ash, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court found appellant, Brian Smith, to be in violation of his probation for changing his residence without the consent of his probation officer and attempted burglary. The only evidence of a change of residence was the probation officer's testimony that Smith's grandmother had said that Smith moved in with his girlfriend. Although hearsay is admissible in revocation proceedings, a court cannot revoke probation based solely on a hearsay statement...

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