SOMERS v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Gregory C. SOMERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 5D2024-2640

Decided: August 15, 2025

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Louis A. Rossi, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen R. Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

In this Anders ¹ appeal, we affirm Appellant's judgment and sentence. However, we remand for entry of a corrected judgment striking the $100 cost of investigation as the State never requested the cost of investigation. See Richards v. State, 288 So. 3d 574, 577 (Fla. 2020) (“[T]he State must request investigative costs to make a defendant liable for those costs ․”).

Affirmed; and Remanded with instructions.

FOOTNOTES

1. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).

Per Curiam.

Lambert, Boatwright, and MacIver, JJ., concur.

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