Dortch v. State

Full title: Jevaris N. Dortch, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Fifth District

Date published: Oct 25, 2024

No. 5D2023-3547 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Oct. 25, 2024)

Opinion

5D2023-3547

10-25-2024

Jevaris N. Dortch, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and George D.E. Burden, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison L. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County. LT Case No. 2021-CF-1408-B Joel D. Fritton, Judge.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and George D.E. Burden, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison L. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM

In this Anders ¹ appeal, we affirm Jevaris N. Dortch's judgment and sentence in every respect except one. We reverse the assessment of the $100 public defender application fee and remand for the reduction of that fee to $50. See § 27.52(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2023); Einsmann v. State, 293 So.3d 634, 635 (Fla. 5th DCA 2020).

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

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED with directions.

WALLIS, JAY, and HARRIS, JJ., concur.