Case Name: Jerry HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-09-10
Citations: 989 So. 2d 739
Docket Number: No. 4D07-1015
Parties: Jerry HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: KLEIN, STEVENSON and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 989
Pages: 739–740

Head Matter:
Jerry HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D07-1015.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 10, 2008.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Laura Fisher Zibura, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this appeal, the public defender filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). We agree that there are no meritorious issues concerning the judgment of conviction and sentence and thus affirm the same. The trial court, though, imposed a public defender's fee without first giving the defendant notice of his right to a hearing to contest the amount. See § 938.29(5), Fla. Stat.; Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.720(d). The public defender's fee is thus stricken. See Mitchell v. State, 789 So.2d 1043 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001); Norris v. State, 659 So.2d 1352 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). On remand, the fee may be reimposed after the proper procedure is followed. See Cic- cia v. State, 854 So.2d 243 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remanded with instructions.
KLEIN, STEVENSON and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.