ADAMS v. STATE

No. SC07-389.

979 So.2d 921 (2008)

Kenneth ADAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Celia A. Terenzio and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent.


CANTERO, J.

In this case, we decide an issue involving sex offender probation. Many probation orders require a defendant to undergo sex offender treatment, but they do not specify either a deadline for completing it or the consequences for failing to complete the treatment on the first attempt. We must decide whether in such cases, when the defendant enrolls in but fails to complete sex offender treatment, and the probationary period has not expired (thus presumably...

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