Newsome v. State
Newsome v. State
Opinion of the Court
Bernard Newsome appeals his convictions for battery and resisting arrest with violence
The judgment lists the battery as a third-degree felony. Battery is a first-degree misdemeanor. Section 784.03(2), Fla.Stat. (1991). The trial court, upon remand, shall correct the judgment to show this.
The judgment reflected the following costs: $20 pursuant to section 960.20; $3 pursuant to section 943.25(4); $2 pursuant to section 943.25(8); and $200 as additional court costs. Newsome challenges all of these costs except the $20 award. We conclude that these costs are mandated statutorily.
We affirm the convictions and sentence and remand for corrections to the judgment. The defendant does not need to be present.
. Section 943.25(3), Florida Statutes (1991) mandates a $3 cost for the criminal justice trust fund. Section 943.25(13), Florida Statutes (1991) authorizes local governments to require the court to impose a $2 cost for criminal justice education degree programs and training courses. Section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1991) mandates that the court impose on a felony offender additional costs of $200.
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