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304 So.3d 786
Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
2018

RAY MERCADO, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Case No. 2D16-5576

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

Opinion filed October 17, 2018.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

KHOUZAM, Judge.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hendry County; James E. Sloan, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Julius J. Aulisio, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Ray Mercado, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

KHOUZAM, Judge.

This is Ray Mercado‘s Anders1 appeal of his judgment and sentence for lewd or lascivious battery. In both his motion to correct sentencing error filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) as well as in his pro se initial brief, Mercado argues that the court improperly imposed $100 in prosecution/investigative costs. We affirm Mercado‘s judgment and sentence in all respects except we remand for the trial court to strike the $100 in prosecution/investigative costs because the plain language of section 938.27(1), Florida Statutes (2016), requires that the costs be requested and there is no such request on the record before us. See Thomas v. State, 236 So. 3d 1159, 1161 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018). The prosecution/investigative costs may not be reimposed on remand. See id.

Affirmed and remanded with instructions.

LaROSE, C.J., and SLEET, JJ., Concur.

Notes

1
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

Case Details

Case Name: RAY MERCADO v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Oct 17, 2018
Citations: 304 So.3d 786; 16-5576
Docket Number: 16-5576
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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