State v. Luxenburg

ALTENBERND, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals the trial court’s order withholding adjudication and placing the defendant, Steven Luxenburg, on a seven-day term of “court-supervised” probation. Because court-supervised probation is not a sanction recognized under Florida law, we reverse the order withholding adjudication and remand for further proceedings.

On May 29, 2008, Mr. Luxenburg appeared before the court for trial. At that time, the trial judge was presiding over an unrelated trial that had begun the previous day and which was expected to continue for at least another day. Mr.…