MICHAEL WHEELER
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The trial court's judgment and sentence are affirmed except that the $100 cost of investigation must be struck.
[1] A trial court may not impose a cost of investigation as part of a criminal sentence.
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Court's directive regarding the cost of investigation
Michael Wheeler was convicted and sentenced in St. Johns County Circuit Court. The trial court imposed a $100 cost of investigation as part of the sen…
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
MICHAEL WHEELER,
Appellant,
v. Case No. 5D19-2694
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed April 17, 2020
Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Johns County, Howard M. Maltz, Judge.
O.H.
Eaton, Jr., Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Fifth District, Casselberry, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee
PER CURIAM.
In this Anders1 appeal, we affirm, without further discussion, the judgment and sentence imposed upon Appellant with one exception. The trial court is directed to strike the $100 cost of investigation imposed upon Appellant. See Richards v. State, 288 So. 3d 574, 577 (Fla. 2020).
EVANDER, C.J., COHEN and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.