Case Name: Chesterfield DRAKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-06-14
Citations: 656 So. 2d 569
Docket Number: No. 94-01767
Parties: Chesterfield DRAKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DANAHY, A.C.J., and PARKER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 656
Pages: 569–569

Head Matter:
Chesterfield DRAKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-01767.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 14, 1995.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John S. Lynch, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert M. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Anne Y. Swing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
WHATLEY, Judge.
The appellant, Chesterfield Drakes, challenges his judgment and sentence for aggravated battery. We find merit only in his contention that the trial court erred in imposing a cost of $2.00 pursuant to section 943.25(13), Florida Statutes (1993), without announcing that cost at sentencing. That cost was a discretionary cost, which required notice and an opportunity to be heard. Reyes v. State, 655 So.2d 111 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Priest v. State, 20 Fla. L. Weekly 84, — So.2d-(Fla. 2d DCA Dec. 28, 1994); Sutton v. State, 635 So.2d 1032 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). Since Drakes was not given notice and an opportunity to be heard as to that cost, the $2.00 imposed pursuant to section 943.25(13) is hereby stricken. Drakes' judgment and sentence is otherwise affirmed.
DANAHY, A.C.J., and PARKER, J., concur.