Evins v. State

Full title: RICHARD KEITH EVINS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Nov 26, 1986

497 So. 2d 1293 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 86-635.

November 26, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Putnam County; E.L. Eastmoore, Judge.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Michael S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred by imposing costs under section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1985) because he was indigent.

We reverse and remand for the court to make a determination of whether appellant had the ability to pay costs and, if it is determined that appellant was indigent, to give him a term of community service in lieu of payment of costs. Gaffney v. State, 497 So.2d 1292, (Fla. 5th DCA 1986), Slaughter v. State, 493 So.2d 1109 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Lawton v. State, 492 So.2d 404 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

UPCHURCH, C.J., and COBB and SHARP, JJ., concur.