GLEN DILLON PHILLIPS v. STATE OF FLORIDA (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

GLEN DILLON PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 1D21-2431

Decided: December 20, 2022

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Kathryn Lane, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Adam B. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

We affirm this appeal in all respects, except that the trial court's imposition of the $50 cost of investigation is unlawful under section 938.27, Fla. Stat. (2019) because no agency requested them. See Hawkins v. State, 198 So. 3d 1159, 1160 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016); Ogden v. State, 117 So. 3d 479, 480 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). Appellant's motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) challenging the imposition of these costs should have been granted. Id.

Appellant's judgment and sentence are thus AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED for entry of a corrected judgment and sentence striking the $50 investigatory costs.

PER CURIAM.

LEWIS, MAKAR, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur.

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