BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER WALKER
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-01-23
No. 2025-0568
Kissner, J., Jay, C.J., Edwards, J., Soud, J.
2026 FL 812 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

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Holding

The conviction and sentence are affirmed, but the cost order must be amended to correct a scrivener's error by reducing the public defender application fee from $100 to $50.

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[1] A scrivener's error in a cost order may be corrected on appeal by remanding to the trial court for entry of an amended order reflecting the correct amount previously rule…

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Benjamin Christopher Walker was convicted by jury of trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of …

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Public Defender Application Fee Possession Of Ammunition By A Convicted Felon Trafficking In Methamphetamine Florida Rule Of Criminal Procedure 3.800(B)(2)

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________ Case No. 5D2025-0568 LT Case No. 42-2022-CF-4629-A _____________________________

BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER

WALKER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County. Barbara Kissner, Judge. Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Teresa D. Sutton, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen R. Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. January 23, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED, REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.

JAY, C.J., and EDWARDS and SOUD, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ 1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

Footnotes
2 We affirm this Anders1 appeal of Appellant, Benjamin Christopher Walker’s, judgment and sentence imposed following the jury trial in which he was found guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of drug paraphernalia. We affirm in all regards, except that we remand to the trial court for entry of an amended cost order to correct a scrivener’s error by removing the $100 charge for the public defender application fee, and replacing it with a charge of $50 for the public defender application fee, as the trial court correctly ruled when it granted Appellant’s Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) motion.

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