Ruise v. State

Appellant seeks review of the revocation of his probation and resulting sentence. He argues that the trial court erred in revoking his probation 1) based solely on global positioning system (GPS) data from his electronic monitoring device, and 2) because the alleged violation was not willful and substantial. We affirm.

In May 2008, Appellant was convicted of lewd or lascivious battery on a child and sentenced to one year in the county jail followed by 12 years of sex offender probation with the first year being served on community control. In July 2009, less than three months after Appellant…