Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1998

Lesperance v. State

Lesperance v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 29, 1998 · Goderich, Green, Jorgenson
708 So. 2d 1038; 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 4740; 1998 WL 204706 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Lesperance v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

A review of the record shows that the evidence adduced at the hearing was sufficient to support the trial court’s finding of indirect criminal contempt. However, as the State properly concedes, because there is nothing in the record suggesting any relationship between the appellant’s behavior which gave rise to the charge of indirect criminal contempt and the use of alcohol or *1039drugs, the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the following conditions of probation: abstinence from the use of alcohol, submission to weekly urinalysis, and evaluation for substance abuse. See Biller v. State, 618 So.2d 734 (Fla. 1993).

Therefore, we affirm the conviction of indirect criminal contempt, but strike the above referenced conditions.

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