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Pitonack v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 23, 1991
572 So. 2d 1041 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 90-1109.

January 23, 1991.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Lucie County; Charles E. Smith, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Robert Friedman, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sylvia Alonso, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We reverse the imposition of costs in the sentence and remand so that the trial judge may either strike the costs or conduct a hearing to impose costs. Shipley v. State, 528 So.2d 902 (Fla. 1988); Mays v. State, 519 So.2d 618 (Fla. 1988); Jenkins v. State, 444 So.2d 947 (Fla. 1984). We also reverse the imposition of public defender fees as this record does not reflect notice and the opportunity to be heard prior to imposition. Therefore, Bull v. State, 548 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 1989) is not controlling. We decline to again certify the question already certified in Beasley v. State, 565 So.2d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).

STONE, POLEN and GARRETT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Pitonack v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 23, 1991
572 So. 2d 1041 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

Pitonack v. State

Case Details

Full title:GERALD PITONACK, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 23, 1991

Citations

572 So. 2d 1041 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

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