Case Name: Jonathan M. ADAMSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-12-20
Citations: 684 So. 2d 900
Docket Number: No. 96-387
Parties: Jonathan M. ADAMSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: COBB and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 684
Pages: 900–901

Head Matter:
Jonathan M. ADAMSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-387.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 20, 1996.
James G. Gibson, Public Defender, and Andrea J. Surette, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This is an appeal from a criminal conviction wherein the court orally announced that no costs would be imposed and then signed an order imposing costs. Judicial policy requires that oral imposition of sanctions prevail over any subsequent written order to the contrary. Justice v. State, 674 So.2d 123 (Fla.1996); Vasquez v. State, 663 So.2d 1343 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). A trial court, however, has no discretion to waive costs which are truly mandatory. Reyes v. State, 655 So.2d 111 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). We reverse that part of the order imposing discretionary costs. In all other respects the judgment is affirmed.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part.
COBB and HARRIS, JJ., concur.