SARA N. LOPEZ, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that the imposition of defense costs must be stricken due to lack of documentation and failure to advise the defendant of her right to contest the amount.
Sara Lopez was convicted of trafficking oxycodone and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The trial court imposed $4504 for the cost of her de…
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Sara Lopez appeals from her judgment and sentence for trafficking, in oxycodone and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. We affirm her judgment and sentence without comment, with the exception of a cost issue Lopez preserved in her motion to correct sentencing error filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2).
Lopez correctly argues the trial court’s imposition of $4504 for the cost of her defense must be stricken because it is not supported by documentation in the record. See § 938.29, Fla Stat. (2012); Gilchrist v. State, 674 So.2d 847, 848 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). We also strike this cost because Lopez was not advised at sentencing of her right, to a hearing to contest the amount of the cost as required by. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.720(d)(1). See *959 McGee v. State, 968 So.2d 931 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). Lopez shall have thirty days from our mandate to file a written objection .to the amount assessed for the defense cost. See id. at 932. If she files an objection, the court shall hold a hearing. If she fails to timely object, the court-may reimpose the cost without a hearing. See id.
Accordingly, we affirm Lopez’s judgment and ..sentence, strike the $4504 defense cost, and .remand for further proceedings. , .
BLACK and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.