SC06-2423 – Sammy Lee Lawson v. State Of Florida

State: Florida

Docket No: SC06-2423

Case Date: 10/25/2007

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____________ No. SC06-2423 ____________ SAMMY LEE LAWSON, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [October 25, 2007] PARIENTE, J. We have for review the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Lawson v. State, 941 So. 2d 485 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). In its decision, the district court certified conflict with Singleton v. State, 891 So. 2d 1226 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005), Davis v. State, 862 So. 2d 931 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004), and Salzano v. State, 664 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), and certified the following question as one of great public importance: DOES A TRIAL COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION IN FINDING A DEFENDANT, WHO IS DISCHARGED FROM A COURTORDERED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR NONATTENDANCE, IN WILLFUL VIOLATION OF PROBATION WHEN THE SENTENCING COURT DID NOT SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS THE DEFENDANT

WOULD HAVE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND IMPOSE A TIME PERIOD FOR COMPLIANCE? Lawson, 941 So. 2d at 492. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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