Opinion
No. 98-3414
Opinion filed June 9, 1999
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Martin County; Robert R. Makemson, Judge; L.T. No. 98-269CJA.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
We reverse the trial court's imposition of the Public Defender fee which was imposed without notice to the defendant of her right to contest the amount of the fee, and remand for further proceedings with proper notice to the defendant and an opportunity to be heard on this issue. We affirm the disposition order in all other respects.
Affirmed in part; Reversed in part and remanded.
GROSS, TAYLOR and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.