Case Name: Vincent PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-01-21
Citations: 705 So. 2d 959
Docket Number: No. 96-01962
Parties: Vincent PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WHATLEY, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 705
Pages: 959–960

Head Matter:
Vincent PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-01962.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Jan. 21, 1998.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Joanna B. Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah F. Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Vincent Parker contends that the trial court committed fundamental error by allowing the prosecutor to make improper comments during closing argument in Parker's jury trial. Parker also complains that the court imposed certain costs without orally announcing them at sentencing. We affirm Parker's conviction, and strike the improperly imposed costs.
Parker failed to object, move for a mistrial, or request a curative instruction in response to the prosecutor's comments during closing argument. Therefore, he failed to preserve error in that regard. See Spencer v. State, 645 So.2d 377 (Fla.1994). Although Parker attempts to characterize the error as fundamental, we conclude that the prosecutor's statement was fair comment on Parker's testimony. The prosecutor was merely submitting a conclusion which he alleged could be drawn from the evidence. See Craig v. State, 510 So.2d 857, 865 (Fla.1987). We see no error, even if the issue had been preserved for review.
The State concedes that the trial court erred by failing to orally announce the $2 cost imposed pursuant to section 943.25(13), Florida Statutes (1995). The trial court also erred in its failure to require documentation from the State to prove its investigative cost of $100, or to consider Parker's ability to pay. See § 939.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1995); Lunn v. State, 675 So.2d 648, 649 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996); Reyes v. State, 655 So.2d 111, 116-117 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)(en bane). Therefore, we strike the $2 cost and the $100 investigative cost.
Conviction affirmed, $2 and $100 costs stricken.
WHATLEY, J., concurs.
ALTENBERND, A.C.J., concurs specially.