Case No. 6D2024-1495Lower Tribunal No. 2023-CF-007835
MIOSOTIS IRIZARRY,
Appellant,v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County.
Wayne M. Durden, Judge.
January 9, 2026
GANNAM, J.
Miosotis Irizarry appeals her judgment and sentence asserting two groundsfor reversal, one of which we address. The trial court’s Monetary Obligations Orderimposed “Additional SAO Costs of Prosecution Fees” of $150 under section938.27(8), Florida Statutes (2024), which exceeds the $100 state attorney costminimum for felony offenses, without the State’s “showing of sufficient proof of
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2higher costs incurred.” The State concedes the error, and we agree. See Golphin v.State, 413 So. 3d 828, 828-29 (Fla. 6th DCA 2024).We reverse as to the $150 cost imposition and remand for entry of a correctedmonetary obligations order imposing $100 for state attorney costs. Irizarry’spresence is not required for this ministerial correction. See Golphin, 413 So. 3d at829. We affirm the judgment and sentence in all other respects.AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED withinstructions.SMITH and BROWNLEE, JJ., concur.Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Caroline Joan S. Picart, Assistant Public Defender,Bartow, for Appellant.James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Natalia Reyna-Pimiento,Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARINGAND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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