Malone v. State

Full title: RODNEY MALONE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Fifth District

Date published: Jun 16, 2023

363 So. 3d 180 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023)

Opinion

Case No. 5D22-2831

06-16-2023

Rodney MALONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

O.H. Eaton, Jr., Assistant Regional Counsel of Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant. Rodney Malone, Brooksville, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen R. Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

O.H. Eaton, Jr., Assistant Regional Counsel of Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant.

Rodney Malone, Brooksville, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen R. Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

In this Anders ¹ appeal, we affirm appellant's judgment and sentence with one exception. The trial court erred in assessing the sheriff's $100.00 investigative cost under section 938.27(1), Florida Statutes (2021), because the State did not request such a cost. See Chivese v.State , 295 So. 3d 324, 325 (Fla. 5th DCA 2020) (citing Richards v. State , 288 So. 3d 574, 575–76 (Fla. 2020) (requiring specific request by State for award of investigative costs). We remand for the trial court to enter an amended judgment removing the $100.00 investigative cost. In all other respects, we affirm.

1 Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).

AFFIRMED; REMANDED with directions.

EISNAUGLE, MAKAR and KILBANE, JJ., concur.