HUERTAS v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Gustavo Barada HUERTAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 5D2024-2489

Decided: June 24, 2025

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Victoria Rose Cordero, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard A. Pallas, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Affirmed. See Parks v. State, 50 Fla. L. Weekly S120, ––– So. 3d ––––, 2025 WL 1658749 (Fla. June 12, 2025) (holding “that the minimum ‘[c]osts for the state attorney’ mandated by section 938.27(8) must be imposed by the trial court even in the absence of a request by the State.”).

Per Curiam.

Edwards, C.J., and Makar and Soud, JJ., concur.

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