Case Name: Johnny Ray GAFFNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-11-13
Citations: 497 So. 2d 1292
Docket Number: No. 85-1898
Parties: Johnny Ray GAFFNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: COBB and COWART, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 497
Pages: 1292–1293

Head Matter:
Johnny Ray GAFFNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-1898.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Nov. 13, 1986.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Michael S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Jim Easley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm defendant's conviction and sentence. However, while we uphold the constitutionality of section 27.3455, Florida Statutes, we vacate the assessment of $200 in court costs imposed on the defendant pursuant to that statute because the record fails to show that the defendant was given notice of, and an opportunity to object to, the imposition of these costs. Further, the defendant had earlier been found to be insolvent and the court failed to make a determination that the indigent defendant had the ability to pay the costs imposed and, alternatively, failed to give the indigent defendant a term of community service in lieu of payment of costs. See Lawton v. State, 492 So.2d 404 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). See also Jenkins v. State, 444 So.2d 947 (Fla.1984); Gordon v. State, 497 So.2d 661 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).
The judgment and sentence are affirmed except that portion of the judgment imposing costs under section 27.3455, Florida Statutes, is vacated and the cause remanded for further proceedings.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED.
COBB and COWART, JJ., concur.
SHARP, J., dissents with opinion.
. See Butler v. State, 492 So.2d 757 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986); State v. Castro, 491 So.2d 313 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); State v. Johnson, 495 So.2d 188 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Lawton v. State, 492 So.2d 404 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). See also Williams v. Illinois, 399 U.S. 235, 90 S.Ct. 2018, 26 L.Ed.2d 586 (1970).
. The First District Court later certified the following question as one that will have a great effect on the proper administration of justice throughout the state:
Whether the procedural due process safeguards espoused in Jenkins v. State, 444 So.2d 947 (Fla.1984), apply to the imposition of costs under Section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1985).
Lawton v. State, 492 So.2d at 407.