On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County.Anthony M. Tatti, Judge.
Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Teresa D. Sutton,Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A.Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, forAppellee.
January 17, 2025
PER CURIAM.
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2In this Anders1appeal, we affirm Appellant’s convictions andsentences. However, we reverse the trial court’s imposition of a$500 fine and surcharge on count three of the indictment.Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder in count threeof the indictment, which is classified as a capital offense underFlorida law. Section 775.083(1), Florida Statutes (2018), does notauthorize the imposition of a fine on this count. See § 775.083(1),Fla. Stat. (“A person who has been convicted of an offense otherthan a capital felony may be sentenced to pay a fine in addition toany punishment . . . .” (emphasis added)); see alsoHare v. State,687 So. 2d 1371 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); Carroll v. State, 392 So. 3d1109 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024).Accordingly, while we affirm the convictions and sentencesimposed on each count, we reverse the imposition of the$500 fine and related surcharge on count three of the indictment,and we remand to the trial court for entry of an amended judgmentand sentence consistent with this opinion.AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED withinstructions.BOATWRIGHT, KILBANE, and PRATT, JJ., concur._____________________________Not final until disposition of any timely andauthorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or9.331._____________________________1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
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