MARTIN J. DONOHUE, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that costs were improperly imposed without notice and that the determination of a restitution repayment schedule is a nondelegable judicial responsibility.
The defendant was found guilty of second-degree grand theft. The sentence included costs and a restitution repayment schedule to be determined by the …
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SHARP, Judge.
Donohue appeals from a judgment and sentence after a jury found him guilty of second degree grand theft1 in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Best Western Deltona Inn. We affirm the judgment and sentence, except for those portions of the sentence which impose costs and require a probation officer to determine a repayment schedule of $14,400 in restitution ordered by the court.
Both sides agree that costs were improperly imposed without prior notice to Dono-hue, and that this portion of the sentence should be quashed. Wood v. State, 544 So. 2d 1004 (Fla.1989); Mays v. State, 519 So. 2d 618 (Fla.1988).
The sentence provides that restitution of $14,400 is to be paid “at a rate to be determined by your Probation Officer.” A probation officer may monitor a probationer’s economic circumstances during the probationary period, notify the court when a probationer appears to have the ability to commence restitution repayment, and furnish the court with a recommended repayment schedule. However, the determination of the probationer’s ability to pay is a nondelegable judicial responsibility.2 Ballance v. State, 447 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984); Fletcher v. State, 405 So. 2d 748 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981).
Thus, we quash the imposition of costs and that portion of the sentence directing Donohue’s probation officer to set a restitution repayment schedule, and we remand the sentence to the trial court to make appropriate corrections in accordance with this opinion.
AFFIRMED in part; QUASHED in part; and REMANDED with directions.
COBB and COWART, JJ., concur. . § 812.014(1) and (2)(c), Fla.Stat. (1985).
. Likewise, the determination of the amount of restitution is a nondelegable judicial determination. Fresneda v. State, 347 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. 1977); Ballance v. State, 447 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).
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Ward v. State, 554 So. 2d 29 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989)…ard. This is error. Wood v. State, 544 So. 2d 1004 (Fla.1989). See also Holmes v. State, 547 So. 2d 695 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989); Norden v. State, 548 So. 2d 303 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989); Clarke v. State, 547 So. 2d 1298 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989); Donohue v. State, 547 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989). The conviction and sentence are affirmed; the costs order is reversed. AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part. DAUKSCH, GOSHORN and HARRIS, JJ., concur.…
Authorities Cited
- Mays v. State, 519 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 1988)
- Wood v. State, 544 So. 2d 1004 (Fla. 1989)
- Fresneda v. State, 347 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. 1977)
- Ballance v. State, 447 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)
- Fletcher v. State, 405 So. 2d 748 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981)