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Bennett v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 29, 1997
686 So. 2d 810 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 95-3363

Opinion filed January 29, 1997

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; James T. Carlisle, Judge; L.T. Case No. 95-00541-CF.

Michelle Migdal of Migdal Migdal, P.A., Delray Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia Ann Ash, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Roy Bennett appeals his conviction for animal fighting in violation of section 828.122(3), Florida Statutes (1995), and the resulting sentence. We affirm the conviction, as the record reflects Bennett gave a sufficient oral waiver of his right to jury trial, unlike his codefendant, Sinkfield. Further, there was no error in the trial court's denial of Bennett's motion for judgment of acquittal.

Sinkfield v. State, 681 So.2d 838 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).

We reverse that part of the sentence which imposes a clerk's fee of $40, and the $50 county Alcohol and Drug Abuse Trust Fund fee, in accord with the state's concession of error. As to the costs of prosecution, we remand for an evidentiary hearing as to the state's actual costs, and Bennett's ability to pay. Cathcart v. State, 643 So.2d 702 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994), rev. denied, 651 So.2d 1192 (1995).

POLEN, PARIENTE, JJ., and TAYLOR, CAROLE Y., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Bennett v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 29, 1997
686 So. 2d 810 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Case details for

Bennett v. State

Case Details

Full title:ROY BENNETT, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 29, 1997

Citations

686 So. 2d 810 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

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