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holding defendant could not be required to pay a cost which exceeded the amount authorized by statute
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No. 94-2990.
August 17, 1995.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Duval County, L.P. Haddock, J.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
Michael Majors' judgments of conviction and the two concurrent forty-year sentences are affirmed in all respects except the requirement that Majors pay $50.00 to the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund. Majors can only be ordered to pay $20.00 to the fund, as that was the maximum amount authorized by statute at the time the offenses were committed. § 960.20, Fla. Stat. (1989).
Majors committed the underlying offenses in 1989. It was not until 1992 that section 960.20, Florida Statutes, was amended to increase the assessment to the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund from $20.00 to $50.00. Ch. 92-107, § 13, at 905-906, Laws of Fla.
Accordingly, this cause is remanded with directions to reduce the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund assessment to $20.00.
ERVIN, BOOTH and LAWRENCE, JJ., concur.