Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 948.011 (2025)

When court may impose fine and place on probation or into community control as an alternative to imprisonment.

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948.011 When court may impose fine and place on probation or into community control as an alternative to imprisonment.When the law authorizes the placing of a defendant on probation, and when the defendant’s offense is punishable by both fine and imprisonment, the trial court may, in its discretion, impose a fine upon him or her and place him or her on probation or into community control as an alternative to imprisonment.
History.s. 1, ch. 59-175; s. 14, ch. 83-131; s. 1683, ch. 97-102; s. 13, ch. 2004-373.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2021 · leading case: United States v. Wright, 607 F.3d 708 (11th Cir. 2010).
United States v. Wright, 607 F.3d 708 (11th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Fla. Stat. § 948.011 ("when the defendant's offense is punishable by both fine and imprisonment, the trial court may, in its discretion, impose a fine upon him or her and place him or her on probation or into community control as an alternative to imprisonment.”
In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992). · cites it 2× “2 concerning the time for taking appeals by a defendant in criminal cases; and section 948.011, Florida Statutes, providing for a sentence of a fine and probation as to imprisonment.”
Singleton v. State, 582 So. 2d 657 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). · cites it 3× “Section 948.011, relating to crimes for which the punishment is both fine and imprisonment, authorizes the courts, in their discretion, to substitute probation or community control for an incarcerative term.”
Clinger v. State, 533 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). · cites it 2× “Under section 948.011, Florida Statutes, a court may withhold an adjudication of guilt and place a defendant on probation and still, in its discretion, impose a fine.”
Ellis v. State, 816 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). “13, I see no reason why a trial court cannot use the more intensive form of supervision defined by section 948.011(4) known as "drug offender probation.”
State v. Williams, 237 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970). · cites it 2× “Fla. Stat. § 948.011 , F.S.A. is inapplicable for the same reason, as it is concerned only with combining a sentence of a fine with probation where a sentence of both a fine and imprisonment may be imposed.”
In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 900 So. 2d 528 (Fla. 2005). · cites it 2× “2 concerning the time for taking appeals by a defendant in criminal cases; and section 948.011, Florida Statutes, providing for a sentence of a fine and probation as to imprisonment.”
Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure 3.670 & 3.700(b), 760 So. 2d 67 (Fla. 1999). · cites it 2× “2 concerning the time for taking appeals by a defendant in criminal cases; and section 948.011, Florida Statutes, providing for a sentence of a fíne and probation as to imprisonment.”
Morales v. Sec'y, Dep't of Corr. (Hillsborough) (M.D. Fla. 2021). · cites it 2× “Fla. Stat. § 948.011 ; Jackson v. State, 276 So.”
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Ellis v. State, 816 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). “13, I see no reason why a trial court cannot use the more intensive form of supervision defined by section 948.011(4) known as "drug offender probation.”
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