Case Name: Wheelock J. MIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-06-12
Citations: 470 So. 2d 838
Docket Number: No. 84-2296
Parties: Wheelock J. MIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, C.J., and LEHAN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 470
Pages: 838–838

Head Matter:
Wheelock J. MIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 84-2296.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 12, 1985.
J. Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and William H. Paseh, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Karla K. Staker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
FRANK, Judge.
Wheelock Mims appeals from a judgment and sentence for grand theft.
The judgment orders Mims to pay $15.00 to the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund and to pay $2.00 to the Law Enforcement Training and Correctional Officer Training Trust Fund pursuant to, respectively, section 960.20 and section 943.25(4), Florida Statutes (1983). Mims asserts that the costs were improperly assessed against him. We agree.
In Jenkins v. State, 444 So.2d 947 (Fla.1984), the supreme court determined that the imposition of costs under section 960.20 and section 943.25(4) against an indigent defendant is permissible only after the defendant has been given adequate notice of such assessment and a full opportunity to object to it. Here, no prior notice was given the appellant that costs under section 960.20 and section 943.25(4) would be assessed against him.
Because of the disparity between the amount of the assessment and the cost to the State of attempting to recover it, we agree with the policy followed by the Fourth District and strike the assessment. Demers v. State, 468 So.2d 461 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985).
In all other respects the judgment and sentence are affirmed.
RYDER, C.J., and LEHAN, J., concur.