BERNIE RAY CARROLL
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A trial court may not impose a fine on a conviction for a capital felony, as Florida Statutes section 775.083(1) authorizes fines only for offenses other than capital felonies.
[1] A fine may not be imposed upon conviction of a capital felony; Florida Statutes section 775.083(1) authorizes fines only for offenses other than capital felonies.
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Statutory language from section 775.083(1), Florida Statutes (2018), establishing that fines are prohibited for capital felonies.
Bernie Ray Carroll was convicted of eight counts, including sexual battery upon a person under twelve years of age, a capital offense. He was sentence…
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2023-0820 LT Case No. 2020-CF-000640-A _____________________________
BERNIE RAY CARROLL,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee. _____________________________
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County. James R. Baxley, Judge.
Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Bernie Ray Carroll, Century, pro se.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kaylee D. Tatman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
August 30, 2024
PER CURIAM.
2 In this Anders* appeal, we affirm without comment Bernie Carroll’s convictions and sentences on each of the eight counts for which he was found guilty. However, the law requires that we reverse the trial court’s imposition of the $250 fine and related surcharge on count I. While Carroll was properly sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole on count I (sexual battery upon a person under twelve years of age), classified as a capital offense under Florida law, section 775.083(1), Florida Statutes (2018), does not authorize imposition of the $250 fine on this count. See § 775.083(1), Fla. Stat. (“A person who has been convicted of an offense other than a capital felony may be sentenced to pay a fine in addition to any punishment . . . .” (emphasis added)); see also Hare v. State, 687 So. 2d 1371, 1371 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). Accordingly, while we affirm the convictions and sentences imposed on each count, we reverse the imposition of the $250 fine and related surcharge on count I. This case is remanded to the trial court for entry of an amended judgment and sentence consistent with this opinion. AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED with instructions.
EDWARDS, C.J., and EISNAUGLE and SOUD, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________
* See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).