B.J.H. v. State

Full title: B.J.H., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Sep 23, 2005

910 So. 2d 945 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 5D04-1976.

September 23, 2005.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County, Carven D. Angel, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Allison Havens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Belle B. Schumann, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PALMER, J.

We grant appellant's motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion dated May 31, 2005, and issue this revised opinion in its place.

We affirm this case based upon S.S.M. v. State, 898 So.2d 84 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). As in V.K.E. v. State, 902 So.2d 343 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005), we certify the following question to the Florida Supreme Court as being a matter of great public importance:

WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT HAS THE AUTHORITY IN DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS TO IMPOSE THE MANDATORY SURCHARGES SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 938.08 AND 938.085 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES.

AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.

ORFINGER and MONACO, JJ., concur.