Dennis Fairman v. State Florida

This is an appeal from an order of revocation of probation and sentence entered after a probation revocation, court case numbers: 88-21096; 88-21274; 88-21275; 88-21276; and 88-21416. Pursuant to the agreed plea of nolo contendere, the trial court placed the defendant on probation for ten (10) years. As special conditions of his probation, the defendant had to serve 364 days in jail until completion of his jail term. On September 14, 1989, the state filed an affidavit of violation of probation alleging that the defendant violated probation by failing to report upon release and by failing to remain at liberty.1{/Cite} The defendant filed a motion to suppress alleging that the police obtained evidence through an illegal search and seizure. The trial court conducted a hearing on the motion to suppress and on the violation of probation.