Title: State of Florida v. Ezekias Mike

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC93163
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
vs.
EZEKIAS MIKE,
Respondent.
[June 15, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review State v. Mike, 708 So. 2d 1042 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998),
wherein the First District certified the following question to be one of great public
importance:
WHETHER THE WRONGFUL IMPOSITION OF A
PUBLIC 
DEFENDER'S 
LIEN 
CONSTITUTES
FUNDAMENTAL 
ERROR 
WHICH 
MAY 
BE
CHALLENGED ON DIRECT APPEAL WITHOUT
HAVING BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TRIAL COURT,
IN LIGHT OF SECTION 924.051(3), FLORIDA
STATUTES (SUPP. 1996), AND AMENDED RULE
3.800(B), 
FLORIDA 
RULES 
OF 
CRIMINAL
-2-
PROCEDURE.
For the reasons expressed in our opinion in Maddox v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S367
(Fla. May 11, 2000), we answer the certified question in the negative.  We quash the
decision below and find that the unpreserved sentencing errors asserted in this case do
not constitute fundamental error. 
It is so ordered. 
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND IF
FILED, DETERMINED. 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified Great
Public Importance
First District - Case No. 1D97-1417 
(Suwannee County)
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal
Appeals, and L. Michael Billmeier, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Carol Ann Turner, Assistant Public Defender,
Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Respondent