Case Name: Benjamin JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-02-03
Citations: 649 So. 2d 345
Docket Number: No. 94-114
Parties: Benjamin JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GOSHORN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 649
Pages: 345–345

Head Matter:
Benjamin JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-114.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 3, 1995.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and James T. Cook, Asst. Public Defender, Day-tona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Anthony J. Hall, Certified Legal Intern, Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This is an appeal from a sentence. Appellant was improperly determined to be an habitual violent felony offender because he did not meet the category requiring a conviction or completion of a sentence within the five years preceding. § 775.084(l)(b)2., Fla. Stat. (1993). Appellee confesses error. The sentence is vacated and this cause remanded for resentencing. See Trott v. State, 579 So.2d 807 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991) (permitting an habitual (nonviolent) offender sentence). The imposition of a lien for payment of the public defender must be quashed because appellant was not given notice of the court's intention to do so and an opportunity to contest the same. See, e.g., Fontenont v. State, 631 So.2d 379 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).
SENTENCE VACATED; REMANDED.
GOSHORN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.