Title: Joseph Hodge v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC94180
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JOSEPH HODGE,
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 15, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the decision of Hodge v. State, 718 So. 2d 832 (Fla. 4th
DCA 1998), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal cited as controlling
authority its decision in Hyden v. State, 715 So. 2d 960 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998),
approved sub nom. Maddox v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S367 (Fla. May 11, 2000). 
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d
418, 420 (Fla. 1981).  We recently determined in Maddox that unpreserved errors in
the assessment of costs cannot be raised on direct appeal as fundamental error. 
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Accordingly, we approve the decision below.
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 - 
Direct Conflict
Fourth District - Case No. 4D97-4041 
(Palm Beach County)
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender,
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, and Elaine L.
Thompson, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, 
 
for Respondent