Mr. Lawson was sentenced to five years in prison on drug charges but the sentence was suspended pending successful completion of three years of drug offender probation. One of the terms of probation was completion of a drug abuse treatment program. Mr. Lawson entered a program but was later discharged for missing too many classes. The trial judge found Mr. Lawson in substantial and willful violation of his probation and imposed the prison sentences. Mr. Lawson appealed to the Fifth District Court of Appeal, arguing that the trial court could not revoke his probation when no deadline for completion of the program had been imposed. The 5th DCA ruled the trial court did not abuse its discretion in revoking Mr. Lawson's probation.