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Fla. Stat. § 958.14 (2025)

Violation of probation or community control program.

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958.14 Violation of probation or community control program.A violation or alleged violation of probation or the terms of a community control program shall subject the youthful offender to the provisions of s. 948.06. However, no youthful offender shall be committed to the custody of the department for a substantive violation for a period longer than the maximum sentence for the offense for which he or she was found guilty, with credit for time served while incarcerated, or for a technical or nonsubstantive violation for a period longer than 6 years or for a period longer than the maximum sentence for the offense for which he or she was found guilty, whichever is less, with credit for time served while incarcerated.
History.s. 14, ch. 78-84; s. 193, ch. 83-216; s. 24, ch. 85-288; s. 19, ch. 90-208; s. 1708, ch. 97-102; s. 6, ch. 97-239; s. 38, ch. 2004-373; s. 8, ch. 2007-2; s. 138, ch. 2019-167.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 113 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Yegge v. State, 186 So. 3d 553 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).
Yegge v. State, 186 So. 3d 553 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). · cites it 55× “85-288, § 24, at 1821, Laws of Fla. And again in 1990, the legislature further amended the second sentence to apply the six-year cap only to technical, not substantive, violations of probation.”
State v. Meeks, 789 So. 2d 982 (Fla. 2001). · cites it 21× “§ 958.14, Fla. Stat. (1995)(emphasis supplied).”
Robin Eustache v. State of Florida, 248 So. 3d 1097 (Fla. 2018). · cites it 17× “-6- § 958.14, Fla. Stat. (2005). Section 958.”
State v. Arnette, 604 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 1992). · cites it 16× “14 to add, in pertinent part, a second sentence: However, no youthful offender shall be committed to the custody of the department [of Corrections] for such violation for a period longer than 6 years or for a period longer than the maximum sentence for the offense for which he…”
Christian v. State, 84 So. 3d 437 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012). · cites it 9× “for a substantive violation [of probation] for a period longer than the maximum sentence for the offense for which he or she was found guilty, .”
Dixon v. State, 546 So. 2d 1194 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). · cites it 19× “§ 958.14, Fla. Stat. (1987) (Italization denotes language added to the statute.”
Meeks v. State, 754 So. 2d 101 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). · cites it 33× “See § 958.14, Fla. Stat. We agree, and reverse and remand for resentencing.”
Watson v. State, 528 So. 2d 101 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). · cites it 14× “Watson contended below that the provisions of § 958.14, Fla. Stat., as amended in 1985, were applicable at the time he was resentenced after violating his community control, and that under the provisions of the amended law he could be resentenced to a maximum of six years with…”
State v. Watts, 558 So. 2d 994 (Fla. 1990). · cites it 24× “§ 958.14, Fla. Stat. (1983). The controlling law changed effective July 1, 1985, when the legislature amended section 958.”
Eustache v. State, 199 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). · cites it 10× “” § 958.14, Fla. Stat. (2005). 1 In turn, section 948.”
Danny Lee Flagg v. State of Florida, 179 So. 3d 394 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). · cites it 10× “Section 958.14, Florida Statutes (2007), provides: 3 We note that the appeal only challenged the sentence imposed in case 2007-4603.”
State v. Carter, 835 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 2002). · cites it 2× “Under section 958.14, Florida Statutes (1995), the trial court must determine whether the offender has committed a technical or substantive violation.”
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