Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2003

Carswell v. Florida Parole Commission

Carswell v. Florida Parole Commission
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 31, 2003 · Booth, Ervin, Kahn
861 So. 2d 532; 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 19748; 2003 WL 23094883 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Carswell v. Florida Parole Commission

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks review of the circuit court’s order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus, in which he challenged the Florida Parole Commission’s revocation of his conditional release supervision. The Commission based the revocation on appellant’s violation of condition 2(c) and condition 7. Before the circuit court, appellant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the violations. Without issuing an order to show cause, the circuit court found that appellant had admitted violating condition 2(c) and therefore, regardless of the validity of the violation of condition 7, revocation of appellant’s conditional release supervision was proper. We find that the record before the circuit court did not reveal whether the Commission would have revoked appellant’s conditional release supervision solely based on a violation of condition 2(c). Therefore, the order dismissing the petition for writ of habeas corpus is hereby quashed, and this proceeding is remanded to the circuit court for the issuance of an order to show cause directing the filing of a response by the Commission. If the Commission fails to show that it would have revoked appellant’s conditional release supervision solely on a violation of condition 2(c), then, the circuit court shall remand to the Commission for further proceedings. See Lee v. Florida Parole Comm’n, 730 So.2d 827 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).

ERVIN, BOOTH and KAHN, JJ., concur.

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