VENROOY v. STATE (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Brent Paul VENROOY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 5D2025-0345

Decided: April 17, 2026

Thomas J. Butler, of Thomas Butler, P.A., Miami Beach, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

In this Anders ¹ appeal, we affirm Appellant's judgment and sentence. However, we remand for the entry of a corrected judgment striking the $100 fee for investigative costs because the investigative costs were never requested. 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.

Jay, C.J., and Lambert and Eisnaugle, JJ., concur.

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