RICHARD HILLERY MOORE, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
PER CURIAM.
Appellant pled nolo contendere to a first degree felony charge of possession of a controlled substance. Subsequent to the adjudication of guilt, the trial court entered a written judgment which, inter alia, ordered appellant to pay a $5,000.00 fine pursuant to section 775.0835, Florida Statutes (1981). This section authorizes the court to order an optional fine, not to exceed $10,000.00, payable to the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund. However, such a fine may be ordered only if the crime pled to, or convicted of, is a felony or misdemeanor which results in the injury or death of another person.
Because appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony which did not result in the personal injury or death of another person, the court was not authorized under the statute to order such a fine.
Accordingly, we strike the $5,000.00 fine imposed pursuant to section 775.0835. In all other respects, we affirm appellant’s judgment and sentence.
RYDER, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL and SCHOONOVER, JJ., concur.
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