Roy Geary v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 14, 2020
Docket2D19-2805
StatusPublished
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
ROY GEARY, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D19-2805
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed October 14, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk
County; Mark F. Carpanini, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender,
and Clark E. Green, Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Katie Salemi Ashby,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa,
for Appellee.
CASE, JAMES R., Associate Senior Judge.
In this appeal, Roy Geary challenges the revocation of his probation and
resulting sentences. He admitted to the violations, and the trial court revoked probation
and sentenced him to concurrent, 364-day jail sentences for possession of
methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia, with the balance to be
suspended upon the successful completion of an in-house treatment program. We find
no error with the revocation or the terms of the resulting sentences, and we affirm in
those respects without further comment. We reverse only that portion of the fee order
entered as part of his sentence that imposed a public defender fee of $100 pursuant to
sections 938.29(1) and 27.52, Florida Statutes (2018), because Mr. Geary was not
afforded notice and an opportunity to be heard as required before imposition of that fee.
See Newton v. State, 262 So. 3d 849, 849-50 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018). On remand, the trial
court may reimpose the fee according to the statute upon proper notice and opportunity
to be heard. See Gaudet v. State, 45 Fla. L. Weekly D1447 (Fla. 2d DCA June 17,
2020); see also Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.720(d)(1); Newton, 262 So. 3d at 850.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part; remanded.
VILLANTI and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.
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