2D03-4520 / Meier v. State

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State: Florida

Court: Florida Southern District Court

Docket No: 2D03-4520

Case Date: 11/02/2005

Plaintiff: 2D03-4520 / Meier

Defendant: State

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
JON DAVID MEIER,                                                                               )
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Appellant,                                                                                     )
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v.                                                                                             )   Case No. 2D03-4520
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STATE OF FLORIDA,                                                                              )
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Appellee.                                                                                      )
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Opinion filed November 2, 2005.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco
County; Daniel D. Diskey, Judge.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender,
and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for
Appellee.
LaROSE, Judge.
In this Anders1 appeal, Jon David Meier challenges his conviction and sentence
for lewd or lascivious exhibition.   Mr. Meier pleaded guilty, reserving the right to appeal
1    Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

his designation as a sexual predator.   He also asserts that the trial court improperly
imposed certain costs.2   After a thorough review of the record, we affirm without
discussion Mr. Meier’s conviction, sentence of five years' prison followed by five years'
sex offender probation, and sexual predator designation.   We address the challenged
costs.
Mr. Meier challenges the following costs: (1) the $2 criminal justice
education fund cost pursuant to section 938.15, Florida Statutes (2001); (2) the $3
juvenile assessment center cost pursuant to section 938.17, Florida Statutes (2001); (3)
the $150 court facility fee pursuant to section 939.18, Florida Statutes (2001); and (4)
the $800 public defender fee pursuant to section 938.29, Florida Statutes (2001).   Mr.
Meier argues that these costs should be stricken because they are discretionary costs
that the trial court failed to pronounce orally at sentencing.   See Reyes v. State, 655 So.
2d 111, 116, 121 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).   Mr. Meier preserved these cost issues for appeal
by filing a motion to correct sentencing errors under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
3.800(b)(2).
The $2 criminal justice education fund cost is a mandatory cost required by
an enacted local government ordinance.3   See Waller v. State, 30 Fla. L. Weekly D2321
(Fla. 2d DCA Sept. 28, 2005) (en banc).   Thus, it need not be orally pronounced.   See
id.   Accordingly, we affirm the assessment of this cost.
2    Cost issues are properly included in an Anders brief.   See Palen v. State, 588 So. 2d
974, 974-75 (Fla. 1991); In re Anders Briefs, 581 So. 2d 149, 152 (Fla. 1991).
3      See art. I, §§ 34-4 and 54-1, Pasco County, Fla., Code of Ordinances (1994).
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Similarly, the $3 juvenile assessment center cost is mandatory because
Pasco County requires it pursuant to an enacted ordinance.4   Cf. Waller, 30 Fla. L.
Weekly D2321.   The trial court correctly imposed this cost without an oral
pronouncement.
We strike the $150 court facility fee because it is a discretionary cost that
the trial court failed to pronounce orally.   See Cruz v. State, 830 So. 2d 892, 892-93
(Fla. 2d DCA 2002); Edwards v. State, 814 So. 2d 1197, 1198 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).
We also strike the $800 public defender fee.   The State concedes that the
trial court imposed this cost without the required notice to Mr. Meier of his right to a
hearing to contest the amount.   See § 938.29(6); Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.720(d)(1); Edwards,
814 So. 2d at 1198; Swinton v. State, 670 So. 2d 1128, 1129 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).
Affirmed in part; court facility fee and public defender fee stricken.
WHATLEY and VILLANTI, JJ., Concur.
4    See art. I, § 34-7, Pasco County, Fla., Code of Ordinances (1994).
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