Case Name: Richard Hillery MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-12-03
Citations: 422 So. 2d 1069
Docket Number: No. 82-89
Parties: Richard Hillery MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL and SCHOONOVER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 422
Pages: 1069–1070

Head Matter:
Richard Hillery MOORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-89.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 3, 1982.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and William H. Pasch, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael A. Palecki, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant pled nolo contendere to a first degree felony charge of possession of a controlled substance. Subsequent to the adjudication of guilt, the trial court entered a written judgment which, inter alia, ordered appellant to pay a $5,000.00 fine pursuant to section 775.0835, Florida Statutes (1981). This section authorizes the court to order an optional fine, not to exceed $10,000.00, payable to the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund. However, such a fine may be ordered only if the crime pled to, or convicted of, is a felony or misdemeanor which results in the injury or death of another person.
Because appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony which did not result in the personal injury or death of another person, the court was not authorized under the statute to order such a fine.
Accordingly, we strike the $5,000.00 fine imposed pursuant to section 775.0835. In all other respects, we affirm appellant's judgment and sentence.
RYDER, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL and SCHOONOVER, JJ., concur.