Robertson v. State

Affirmed. The appellant, Charles Robertson, was placed on probation on December 9, 1998. He was accused of committing an attempted burglary later that same day. We reject his challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence submitted at the hearing to revoke his probation. “Proof sufficient to allow a criminal conviction is not required to support a trial judge’s discretionary order revoking probation; the state need only show by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant committed the offense charged.” Amador v. State, 713 So.2d 1121, 1122 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

We also reject the…