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342 So.3d 298
Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
2022

RICHARD KEITH WASDEN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D21-2649

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

Opinion filed July 8, 2022

LT Case No. 21-CF-000050-A

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Richard A. Howard, Judge.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Scott G. Hubbard, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Whitney Brown Hartless, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

WALLIS, J.

In this Anders1 appeal, we affirm the judgment and sentence entered following Appellant‘s open plea to violating his probation with two exceptions. First, none of the written documents from the trial court identify the conditions of probation that Appellant was found to have violated. Second, the trial court imposed $150 that was identified as “Prosecution/Investigation Costs.” However, the record does not reflect that the State asked for a higher cost of prosecution or for costs of investigation. Absent a specific request from the State, the maximum permissible cost for a felony prosecution is $100. § 938.27(8), Fla. Stat. (2021). We therefore affirm but remand with instructions for the trial court to enter a written order specifying the violated conditions and to correct the order to reduce the cost of prosecution to $100. See Berg v. State, 313 So. 3d 930 (Fla. 5th DCA 2021); Crichton v. State, 299 So. 3d 616 (Fla. 5th DCA 2020).

AFFIRMED; REMANDED with Instructions.

EISNAUGLE and SASSO, JJ., concur.

Notes

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

Case Details

Case Name: RICHARD KEITH WASDEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Jul 8, 2022
Citations: 342 So.3d 298; 21-2649
Docket Number: 21-2649
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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