{"id":200,"date":"2017-11-09T12:25:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T17:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=200"},"modified":"2024-09-06T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T16:35:45","slug":"florida-mans-sentence-reversed-hillsborough-county-trial-court-interrupts-statements-sentencing-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stpetersburgcriminalattorney.net\/blog\/florida-mans-sentence-reversed-hillsborough-county-trial-court-interrupts-statements-sentencing-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man&#8217;s Sentence Reversed After Hillsborough County Trial Court Interrupts His Statements at the Sentencing Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District released an opinion on November 8, 2017, that addressed the due process rights available to a criminal defendant at a sentencing hearing. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/florida\/second-district-court-of-appeal\/2017-2d16-3391.pdf?ts=1510157316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a>, the defendant appealed the trial court&#8217;s decision to revoke his probation and impose a 40-month sentence. The Florida court of appeals applied earlier precedent from Florida criminal decisions to determine whether the State committed a reversible error when the defendant was interrupted during his sentencing hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Due process rights require courts to render judgment only after they have properly considered the issues advanced by the parties. In the context of a probation violation hearing, the court must make separate determinations on whether to revoke probation and also whether the violation justifies the revocation of probation. The due process standard, according to the United States Supreme Court, gives a probationer the opportunity to present mitigating evidence and argue for sentencing alternatives when the trial court has sentencing discretion.<\/p>\n<p>The primary Florida case cited was\u00a0<em>Amason v. State<\/em>, 76 So. 3d 374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011). In\u00a0<em>Amason<\/em>, the defendant pled guilty to violating her probation. The charge included\u00a0four alleged violations of probation, including a violation of condition 9 for a failure to make restitution payments and a violation of condition 3 for changing her residence without the approval of her probation officer. The trial court questioned the defendant, but the trial court interrupted her three times. The defendant&#8217;s counsel was unable to cross-examine the witnesses at the hearing. Moreover, the defendant was not able to respond to the allegation that she had committed fraud and that the maximum sentence should be imposed. The appeals court found that the court violated her due process rights. The appeals court reversed the trial court&#8217;s decision and remanded for a revocation hearing before a different trial judge so that the defendant could present mitigating evidence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpetersburgcriminalattorney.net\/blog\/florida-mans-sentence-reversed-hillsborough-county-trial-court-interrupts-statements-sentencing-hearing\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Florida Man&#8217;s Sentence Reversed After Hillsborough County Trial Court Interrupts His Statements at the Sentencing Hearing\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District released an opinion on November 8, 2017, that addressed the due process rights available to a criminal defendant at a sentencing hearing. In the case, the defendant appealed the trial court&#8217;s decision to revoke his probation and impose a 40-month sentence. 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