LACRECIA AMANDA WHITE, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that costs assessed under sections 938.01 and 938.15 of the Florida Statutes cannot be imposed when adjudication is withheld.
The trial court withheld adjudication of guilt for Lacrecia Amanda White and imposed certain costs. White sought review of the order imposing these co…
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Lacrecia Amanda White seeks review of an order withholding adjudication, placing her on probation, and imposing certain *158costs. We affirm except for two imposed costs.
The trial court assessed costs of $3 under section 938.01 and $2 under section 938.15, Florida Statutes (2007). These provisions apply only to “convicted persons,” with the inapplicable exception of withheld adjudications for certain traffic violations.
Here, the trial court withheld adjudication. Accordingly, these two cost items cannot stand. See Reyes v. State, 655 So.2d 111, 118 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995) (striking costs imposed upon withhold of adjudication under statute that authorized imposition only upon conviction), superseded by statute, § 938.15, Fla. Stat. (1997), on other grounds as recognized in Waller v. State, 911 So.2d 226, 227 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005); Knaus v. State, 608 So.2d 557, 558 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992) (same); see also J.S. v. State, 19 So.3d 380, 380 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (striking costs imposed upon withhold of adjudication in juvenile context where statute authorized imposition only upon adjudication).
Judgment and sentence affirmed; specified costs stricken.
WHATLEY and MORRIS, JJ„ Concur.
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