Case Name: Kenny STOKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-10-08
Citations: 855 So. 2d 694
Docket Number: No. 4D01-3445
Parties: Kenny STOKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 855
Pages: 694–695

Head Matter:
Kenny STOKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D01-3445.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 8, 2003.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Susan D. Cline, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The state acknowledges that the order declaring Stokes a sexual predator under section 775.21, Florida Statutes, should be stricken. Stokes, guilty of a second-degree felony, is a first offender. The sexual predator designation requires that the defendant be adjudicated of a capital, life, or first-degree felony, or have had prior conviction, none of which apply here.
Therefore, we vacate the sexual predator designation and remand without prejudice to the trial court's considering, at the state's request, whether Stokes qualifies as a sexual offender under section 943.0435, Florida Statutes.
We also strike, upon the state's concession of error, $100 of additional costs that were imposed without a required finding of ability to pay.
STONE, WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.