ROBINSON V. STATE
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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, January Term, A.D. 2008 Opinion filed March 5, 2008. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D06-893 Lower Tribunal No. 04-31081 ________________ Roylin Robinson, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, David H. Young, Judge. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and John Eddy Morrison, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Olga L. Villa and Michael C. Greenberg, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee. Before COPE, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. The appellant, Roylin Robinson, appeals from an order finding that he violated his probation. Because the evidence does not show, and the trial court did not find, that the appellant substantially and willfully violated the conditions of his probation, we reverse. See Arias v. State, 751 So. 2d 185, 186 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)( A violation which triggers a revocation of probation must be both willful and substantial in nature, and must be supported by the greater weight of the evidence. ). See also Dassau v. State, 731 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)( Inept or negligent conduct is insufficient to demonstrate a willful violation. ). Reversed. 2
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