Florida law
Florida Statute 948.05
Section 948.05 of the Florida Statutes addresses the court's continuing authority in relation to a person under supervision, including its power to discharge them from it.
This is a summary, not the statute
Nothing on this page is statutory text. It describes what the section deals with, in general terms, and has not yet been reviewed by a Florida attorney. Statutes are amended, and the version that governs a sentence is generally the one in effect when it was imposed. Read the official text before relying on any of this.
What the section covers
Where § 948.04 is concerned with the term of supervision, § 948.05 is concerned with the court's relationship to the person serving it. It sits with the provisions recognising that a sentencing court does not lose interest in a case once supervision begins.
The aspect that matters for these purposes is the court's ability to release someone from further supervision.
Why it matters for early termination
An early termination motion is, at bottom, asking a court to exercise authority it already has. Section 948.05 is the provision most often pointed to for that authority, which is why it appears alongside § 948.04 in this context.
The word to hold on to is discretion. A provision giving a court the power to discharge someone is not a provision entitling anyone to be discharged. The court decides, on the case in front of it.
How it relates to 948.04
The two are complementary rather than alternatives. One addresses how long supervision runs; the other addresses what the court may do about a person serving it. A motion may engage one, the other, or both, depending on the sentence and what is being asked.
The comparison page sets them side by side — with the caution that the comparison is itself pending attorney review.
Probation and community control
Chapter 948 deals with both probation and community control, which are not the same thing. Community control is a more restrictive form of supervision, and provisions do not always apply identically to both.
If your sentence is community control, that distinction is worth resolving before applying anything written about probation to it. See types of probation.
What this means in practice
Knowing which provision supplies the authority matters for drafting a motion, but it is not what decides the outcome. What decides the outcome is the record: time served, conditions completed, money paid, violations or their absence, and the positions taken by the State and the supervising officer.
Eligibility covers those factors, and the process covers how the request reaches a judge.