Court Opinion

ID: 9903057
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Date Created: 2023-11-27 15:29:02.748762+00
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                        FIFTH DISTRICT

                                    NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                    FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
                                    DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

RODNEY MALONE,

            Appellant,

v.                                       Case No. 5D22-2831
                                         LT Case No. 2022-100025-CFDL
STATE OF FLORIDA,

         Appellee.
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Opinion filed June 16, 2023

Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Volusia County,
Dawn D. Nichols, Judge.

O.H. Eaton, Jr., Assistant Regional
Counsel of Office of Criminal Conflict
&    Civil    Regional      Counsel,
Casselberry, for Appellant.

Rodney Malone, Brooksville, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Stephen R.
Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney
General, Daytona Beach, for
Appellee.

PER CURIAM.
      In this Anders1 appeal, we affirm appellant’s judgment and sentence

with one exception. The trial court erred in assessing the sheriff’s $100.00

investigative cost under section 938.27(1), Florida Statutes (2021), because

the State did not request such a cost. See Chivese v. State, 331 So. 3d 264,

265 (Fla. 5th DCA 2020) (citing Richards v. State, 288 So. 3d 574, 575–76

(Fla. 2020) (requiring specific request by State for award of investigative

costs).    We remand for the trial court to enter an amended judgment

removing the $100.00 investigative cost. In all other respects, we affirm.

      AFFIRMED; REMANDED with directions.

EISNAUGLE, MAKAR and KILBANE, JJ., concur.

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          Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
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