Title: Michael Jerome McCray v. State of Florida

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC94640
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MICHAEL JEROME McCRAY
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
[June 15, 2000]
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision of the First District Court of Appeal certifying
the following question to be one of great public importance:
DOES THE FAILURE OF THE TRIAL COURT TO
ORALLY PRONOUNCE EACH STATUTORILY
AUTHORIZED COST INDIVIDUALLY AT THE TIME
OF SENTENCING CONSTITUTE FUNDAMENTAL
ERROR?
 
McCray v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D75 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec. 28, 1998).  We have
jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  For the reasons expressed in our
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opinion in Maddox v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S367 (Fla. May 11, 2000), we
answer the certified question in the negative.  We approve 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. 1D96-4950 
(Duval County)
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Fred Parker Bingham II, Assistant Public
Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief,
Criminal Appeals, and Trisha E. Meggs, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee,
Florida,
for Respondent