Bell v. State

KHOUZAM, Judge.

Stephen Bell appeals an order modifying his sex offender probation based on a finding that he failed to comply with his probation officer’s instruction to report daily to the probation office. Because the instruction created a new condition of probation that had not been imposed by the trial court, we reverse and remand for the court to reinstate Bell’s probation.

In 2003, Bell pleaded guilty to one count of lewd or lascivious molestation on a child under twelve and was sentenced to three years of prison, followed by twelve years of sex offender probation. On June 5, 2008, an…