Summary
The Sixth District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed the circuit court's decision in Leroy Hamilton's criminal case. The court relied on authority permitting multiple community sanction violation point assessments for successive probation violations and allowing statutorily mandated costs to be imposed without express notice at sentencing.
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Questions Presented
- Whether multiple assessments of community sanction violation points are permissible for successive probation violations.
- Whether statutorily mandated costs may be imposed without notice and without being specifically pronounced at the sentencing hearing.
Holdings
- Multiple assessments of community sanction violation points are allowed for successive probation violations.
- Statutorily mandated costs may be imposed without notice and need not be specifically pronounced at the sentencing hearing.
Key quotations
“Statutorily-mandated costs may be imposed without notice and, thus, need not be specifically pronounced at the sentencing hearing.” (2)
Factual background
The opinion contains no detailed factual narrative. The issues addressed concern the assessment of community sanction violation points for successive probation violations and the imposition of statutorily mandated costs without those costs being specifically pronounced at the sentencing hearing.
Procedural history
The appeal was taken from the Circuit Court for Polk County, which was presided over by Judge Wm. Bruce Smith. The Sixth District Court of Appeal affirmed in a per curiam opinion, relying on Brown v. State and Nix v. State.