PAUL MORALES
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2024-10-01
No. 5D2023-2968
2024 FL 11663 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2024) Caution
Cited by 6 cases

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Holding

A cost imposed under section 938.27(8), Florida Statutes, is mandatory.

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[1] A cost imposed under section 938.27(8), Florida Statutes, is mandatory.

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Facts & Procedural History

Paul Morales appealed a circuit court judgment in Duval County involving costs assessed under Florida Statutes section 938.27(8).…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See O’Malley v. State, 378 So. 3d 672 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024); Parks v, State, 371 So. 3d 392, 393 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023) (holding that a cost imposed under section 938.27(8), Florida Statutes (2020), is mandatory and recognizing conflict with D.L.J.

v. State, 331 So. 3d 227, 228 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021)) reh’g denied (Sept. 27, 2023), review granted sub nom. SC2023-1355, 2024 WL 370043 (Fla. Jan. 31, 2024).

EDWARDS, C.J., and Wallis and Boatwright, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

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