Case ID: so2d_709/html/0199-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

J.W., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 97-1915.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    May 8, 1998.
    James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kelli R. Orndorff, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appel-lee.
   HARRIS, Judge.

We reverse the sentence of this juvenile because it exceeds the maximum sentence permitted for these misdemeanor offenses. See V.W. v. State, 693 So.2d 722 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). We reverse the public defender’s lien because- the defendant was not advised of his right to contest the amount of the fee. See Stover v. State, 685 So.2d 1026 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997).

REVERSED and REMANDED for re-sentencing.

THOMPSON, J., concurs.

GRIFFIN, C.J., dissents, without opinion.