Case Name: METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Petitioner, v. Thomas KNIGHT and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-06-21
Citations: 640 So. 2d 90
Docket Number: No. 94-586
Parties: METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Petitioner, v. Thomas KNIGHT and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Respondents.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J, and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 640
Pages: 90–90

Head Matter:
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Petitioner, v. Thomas KNIGHT and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Respondents.
No. 94-586.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 21, 1994.
Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty. and Au-gusto E. Maxwell, Asst. County Atty., for petitioner.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Lee Weissenborn, and Sheridan K. Weis-senborn, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for respondents.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J, and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The record reflects that the County paid the costs at issue herein. By virtue of having paid the said costs, questions concerning the applicability and constitutionality of section 939.08 Florida Statutes, as it relates to any rights that the County has to approve of costs incurred by a criminal defendant prior to the payment of those costs, in response to a court order to do so, now appear to be moot. In addition, the fact that the bills were paid renders the court's ruling, concerning the constitutionality of section 939.08 Florida Statutes, superfluous. Accordingly, and for the foregoing reasons, the trial court's order, which declared section 939.08 Florida Statutes unconstitutional and ordered the payment of costs upon approval of the presiding judge, is hereby vacated, thus rendering this appeal subject to being dismissed for mootness.
Appeal dismissed.