Court Opinion

ID: 3189868
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-03-30 17:02:33.973429+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:10:35.837378
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
                      MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

                                          IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                                          OF FLORIDA
                                          SECOND DISTRICT

NAJEE SANDERS,                   )
                                 )
           Appellant,            )
                                 )
v.                               )                   Case No.    2D14-3535
                                 )
STATE OF FLORIDA,                )
                                 )
           Appellee.             )
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Opinion filed March 30, 2016.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for
Hillsborough County; Daniel L. Perry,
Judge.

Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender,
and William L. Sharwell, Assistant
Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, for Appellee.

KELLY, Judge.

             Najee Sanders challenges the revocation of his probation and the

resulting sentence on his underlying conviction for felony battery. We affirm the

revocation of Sanders' probation and his sentence without comment, but reverse and

remand because the circuit court erred in imposing certain costs. Sanders preserved
his challenge to this sentencing error by filing a motion pursuant to Florida Rule of

Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). Although the record reflects that the circuit court

granted Sanders' motion, the motion was deemed denied when an amended sentence

was not filed within the time specified by rule 3.800(b)(2).

              At sentencing, the circuit court orally pronounced that "[m]inimum,

mandatory costs [be] imposed as a lien." The written sentence reflects various costs,

but provides no statutory basis for their assessment. "The statutory authority for all

costs imposed, whether they are mandatory or discretionary, must be cited in the written

order." Kirby v. State, 695 So. 2d 889, 890 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997). Therefore, we strike

the costs imposed. On remand, the circuit court may reimpose these costs if it provides

statutory authority for their assessment. See id.; McGee v. State, 963 So. 2d 931, 932

(Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

              Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions.

KHOUZAM and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur.

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