GUSTAVO BARADA HUERTAS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2025-06-24
No. 2024-2489
Weston, J., Edwards, C.J., Makar, J., Soud, J.
2025 FL 5207 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2025)

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Holding

Minimum costs for the state attorney mandated by section 938.27(8) must be imposed by the trial court even in the absence of a request by the State.


Headnotes

[1] Minimum costs for the state attorney mandated by section 938.27(8) are mandatory and must be imposed by the trial court regardless of whether the State requests their imp…

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Key Quotes

“the minimum '[c]osts for the state attorney' mandated by section 938.27(8) must be imposed by the trial court even in the absence of a request by the State.”

The court's holding in Parks v. State, cited as controlling authority for the affirmance.

Facts & Procedural History

Gustavo Barada Huertas appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for Volusia County involving the imposition of costs.…

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Opinion of the Court
Edwards

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

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Case No. 5D2024-2489 LT Case No. 2023-303892-CF _____________________________

GUSTAVO BARADA HUERTAS,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County. Kathryn D. Weston, Judge. Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Victoria Rose Cordero, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard A. Pallas, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

June 24, 2025

PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Parks v. State, 50 Fla. L. Weekly S120 (Fla. June 12, 2025) (holding “that the minimum ‘[c]osts for the state attorney’ mandated by section 938.27(8) must be imposed by the trial court even in the absence of a request by the State.”).

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EDWARDS, C.J., and MAKAR 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. _____________________________


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