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Lippwe v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec 9, 2014
152 So. 3d 782 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

Summary

ruling that investigative fees pursuant to section 938.27, Florida Statutes, “must be requested on the record by the appropriate agency”

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Opinion

No. 1D13–3423.

2014-12-9

Everly Scott LIPPWE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Melissa J. Ford, Assistant Conflict Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Tallahassee, for Appellant.Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Giselle Denise Lylen, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Reversed and remanded with instructions.

Melissa J. Ford, Assistant Conflict Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Giselle Denise Lylen, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
WOLF, J.

Pursuant to Goddard v. State, 458 So.2d 230 (Fla.1984), the trial court fundamentally erred in convicting appellant of two counts of organized trafficking pursuant to section 812.019(2), Florida Statutes (2011), when the evidence showed that appellant directly participated in the theft and sale of the same stolen property. “[A]n individual who steals and traffics in only his own stolen goods is subject to theft and trafficking charges under sections 812.014 and 812.019(1), but may not be charged with ‘organizing’ under section 812.019(2).” Goddard, 458 So.2d at 234. The judgment and sentence is reversed and remanded as to the two counts on appeal for imposition of the lesser included offense of trafficking pursuant to section 812.019(1), and for resentencing. See id. at 234.

On remand, the trial court will have an opportunity to re-impose costs and fees. We remind the trial court that fines imposed pursuant to section 775.083, Florida Statutes (2011), are discretionary and must be separately and orally pronounced at sentencing. See Nix v. State, 84 So.3d 424 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). We also point out that “investigative fees” that are not “costs for the state attorney” are imposed pursuant to subsection 938.27(1), Florida Statutes (2011), not subsection (8), and must be requested on the record by the appropriate agency. Finally, we point out that section 28.37(2), Florida Statutes (2011), does not itself authorize the imposition of a 10% fee. Rather, it directs that 10% of any fines imposed be directed to the Public Records Modernization Trust Fund. Any confusion could be remedied if the clerk ensured that amounts directed to the fund are properly labeled as being imposed “pursuant to” the appropriate statute, in this case, section 775.083.

REVERSED and REMANDED with instructions.

BENTON and MAKAR, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lippwe v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec 9, 2014
152 So. 3d 782 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

ruling that investigative fees pursuant to section 938.27, Florida Statutes, “must be requested on the record by the appropriate agency”

Summary of this case from Thomas v. State

ruling that investigative fees pursuant to section 938.27, Florida Statutes “must be requested on the record by the appropriate agency”

Summary of this case from Mills v. State
Case details for

Lippwe v. State

Case Details

Full title:Everly Scott LIPPWE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: Dec 9, 2014

Citations

152 So. 3d 782 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

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