STEVEN ELLIS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The judgment and sentence are affirmed, but the case is remanded to reduce the public defender fee to $100 as mandated by Florida Statute § 938.29(1).
[1] A public defender fee assessed in a criminal case must not exceed $100 as required by Florida Statute § 938.29(1).
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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
STEVEN ELLIS,
Appellant,
v. Case No. 5D21-1028 LT Case No. 2019-CF-002099
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed October 14, 2022
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County, James R. Baxley, Judge.
Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Ali L. Hansen, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
2 In this Anders1 appeal, we affirm Appellant’s judgment and sentence. However, we remand with instructions to enter an amended judgment reducing the public defender fee to $100. See § 938.29(1), Fla. Stat. (2021). AFFIRMED; REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS. EDWARDS, EISNAUGLE and HARRIS, JJ., concur.