Title: Cox v. State
Citation: 334 So. 2d 568
Docket Number: 48285
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: June 4, 1976

334 So. 2d 568 (1976)
Karl H. COX, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 48285.

Supreme Court of Florida.
June 4, 1976.
Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.
Richard E. Gerstein, State's Atty., and John H. Lipinski, Asst. State's Atty., for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
We have jurisdiction of this cause through Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Petitioner was charged with violations of §§ 316.089, 316.059 and 316.028, Florida Statutes. He was declared insolvent; the public defender was appointed. The traffic court adjudicated him guilty of all three charges and imposed court costs. On appeal to the Circuit Court, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Dade County, his convictions for two of the offenses, as well as the costs pursuant to those convictions, were affirmed. His petition for certiorari was denied by the District Court of Appeal, Third District.
§ 939.15, Florida Statutes, states:
This section was interpreted in Mack v. State, 305 So. 2d 264 (Fla.App.3rd, 1974), to make it error to assess court costs against a defendant who had been adjudicated insolvent. We agree with the holding in Mack. It was therefore error for the Circuit Court to affirm the imposition of court costs and the District Court of Appeal should have reversed.
The cause is remanded to the District Court of Appeal, Third District, for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, C.J., and BOYD, ENGLAND, SUNDBERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur.