DAVID ANTHONY BROWN, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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PER CURIAM.
The special condition of probation that requires the appellant to pay $36 to First Step of Volusia County is stricken. Tibero v. State, 646 So. 2d 213 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). The assessment of $250 investigative costs by the state attorney’s office is also stricken. The state attorney never requested nor documented this cost as required by section 939.01(1), Florida Statutes (1993).
The order of restitution is vacated and we remand for a hearing. The record is in a state of confusion as to the amount actually paid for the funeral expenses of the victims. We note that whether the source of any portion of the funeral expenses was life insurance benefits is immaterial in assessing these expenses against the defendant; a victim is entitled to restitution whether the funeral expenses were paid out of wages, savings, or a death benefit. If the funeral expenses were paid by an insurer, the insurer is entitled to restitution. L.S. v. State, 593 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992).
REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED.
PETERSON, C.J., and DAUKSCH and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
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Nieves v. State, 678 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996)…section 939.01, Florida Statutes (1995), but there is no record that the state requested the costs or presented documentation to support the assessment as required by the statute, and therefore the costs must be stricken. See, e.g., Brown, v. State, 657 So. 2d 1280 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). Although the trial court indicated that it would consider whether to waive the prosecution costs sometime in the future when appellant objected on grounds of insolvency, the costs should not have been imposed without first consi…
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Meyers v. State, 676 So. 2d 57 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996)…orcement. See § 939.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1993). This is in derogation of the statute. Absent a request along with documentation, the imposition of investigative costs is error. See Madison v. State, 664 So. 2d 1140 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); Brown v. State, 657 So. 2d 1280 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). We remand for reim-position of the investigative costs, if appropriate, once the state complies with section 939.01(1). See Reyes v. State, 655 So. 2d 111, 119 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). Judgment and Sentence AFFIRMED; Investigative…
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