KNIGHT v. STATE

No. 2D00-2360.

801 So.2d 160 (2001)

Sonja KNIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Raymond Dix, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan M. Shanahan, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

Sonja Knight appeals from a probation revocation order and resulting prison sentence. Because we conclude that the State of Florida failed to prove that Knight violated her conditions of probation, we reverse.

Initially, we note that the State has the burden to prove by the greater weight of evidence that the probationer has willfully and substantially violated a probation condition. Hines v. State, 789 So...

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