J. A. R. v. State of Florida

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT J.A.R., Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 2D18-4975 August 6, 2021 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Michael Scionti, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Joanna Beth Conner, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Elba Caridad Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee, for Appellee. ON REMAND FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT CASANUEVA, Judge.  This case is before us on remand from the Florida Supreme Court, which quashed that portion of this court's opinion in J.A.R. v. State, 45 Fla. L. Weekly D2361 (Fla. 2d DCA Oct. 16, 2020), pertaining to the imposition of the public defender fee and remanded the case with directions to reinstate the $100 public defender fee. State v. J.A.R., 46 Fla. L. Weekly S157 (Fla. June 3, 2021). This court originally reversed imposition of the $100 public defender fee and remanded for the fee to be stricken. 45 Fla. L. Weekly D2361. Based on the opinion of the Florida Supreme Court, we now affirm the imposition of the $100 public defender fee. On remand the trial court should reimpose the $100 public defender fee if it has not already done so. J.A.R. need not be present for the reimposition of the fee. VILLANTI and SLEET, JJ., Concur. Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication. 2