Savage v. State

LaROSE, Judge.

Harry Savage appeals an order revoking his sex offender probation and resulting twenty-year prison sentence. He argues that his contact with a child was not a willful and substantial violation of his probationary terms. Competent substantial evidence, however, supports the trial court’s finding of a willful and substantial violation. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion by revoking probation, we affirm. We write to address some possible confusion about the applicable standard of review.

Both the trial court’s decision whether to revoke probation and our standard…