JERRY HILL, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 2008-09-10
No. 4D07-1015
KLEIN, STEVENSON and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
989 So. 2d 739 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2008)


Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal, the public defender filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). We agree that there are no meritorious issues concerning the judgment of conviction and sentence and thus affirm the same. The trial court, though, imposed a public defender’s fee without first giving the defendant notice of his right to a hearing to contest the amount. See § 938.29(5), Fla. Stat.; Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.720(d). The public defender’s fee is thus stricken. See Mitchell v. State, 789 So. 2d 1043 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001); Norris v. State, 659 So. 2d 1352 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). On remand, the fee may be reimposed after the proper procedure is followed. See Cic- cia v. State, 854 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).

Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remanded with instructions.

KLEIN, STEVENSON and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.


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